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Punta Gorda, FL vs Long Beach, CA

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- Long Beach spends 46.8% more per student than Punta Gorda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.4% higher in Long Beach than in Punta Gorda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 16.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Punta Gorda
 Punta Gorda, FLLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,619  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor443  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Punta Gorda    15 Reviews

When we were visiting different cities in Florida, we quickly realised that Punta Gorda is the friendliest gulf coast town in south Florida BY FAR! My wife and I bought  More

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I haven't lived in Punta Gorda, so I'm not sure about every nook and cranny of the place, however I did visit for about a month during the winter and about another 2  More

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Over 8 years ago

We have lived here for six years and enjoy it very much. One gets used to the summers but they are uncomfortable. The fishing is pretty good - used to be much better.  More

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Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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