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Richfield, MN vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 9.7% less per student than Richfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.0% higher in Long Beach than in Richfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 11.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richfield
 Richfield, MNLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Richfield    3 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Richfield is probably the most convenient suburb in the Twin Cities. It is near 494, 35W, 35E, 55, 100, 169, and 62...which are basically all the major free ways in the  More

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Over 14 years ago

Comfortable middle class suburb. Fifteen minutes from both downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. Conveniently close to the airport. Good schools. Lots of parks and  More

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Over 19 years ago

Richfield is a first-ring, older suburb of 1950's and 60's houses. They range from very nice, middle-class houses to poorly maintained, cheaply built houses that now  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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