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Walla Walla, WA vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 0.4% more per student than Walla Walla.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.0% higher in Long Beach than in Walla Walla. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 8.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Walla Walla
 Walla Walla, WALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,984  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor372  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Walla Walla    10 Reviews

The saying is Walla Walla-the town so nice they named it twice!! Thats about it. Oh and if there's anything you learn about living here, and leave. Much like a  More

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While I was born and raised here, I have subsequently lived in the Portland and Seattle areas. We chose to retire in Walla Walla as the cost of living is far more  More

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Over 6 years ago

Extreme gentrification in progress. Best place for white people who are retired, or professional families living on one income, or those in the wine industry. This is a  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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