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Walnut Creek, CA vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 14.7% more per student than Walnut Creek.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.6% lower in Long Beach than in Walnut Creek. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 17.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Walnut Creek

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 Walnut Creek, CALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,192$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448$14,374$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,565$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.2121.8616.23
 Students per Librarian751865654573
 Students per Counselor584380530
 Grade School Educ.1.1%11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.5%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.4%80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.5%22.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.1%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.70.0%32.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.20.7%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.5%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Walnut Creek    16 Reviews

Apart from the congestion, Walnut Creek is one of the best places in the San Francisco Bay Area to live. It is one of the most compact/walkable cities in the entire area  More

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Over 6 years ago

Almost all of Walnut Creek water comes from Pardee dam through an enclosed pipeline. That water is direct from the high Sierras. Among the best water quality in the  More

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Over 6 years ago

I grew up in Southern California and am no stranger to a more inland California climate. Before moving to WC I lived in San Francisco for 15 years where it is obviously  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 4 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 6 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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ZIPS IN WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA
94598 94597 94596 94595
ZIPS IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
90805, 90813, 90806, 90815, 90802, 90804, 90810, 90808, 90807, 90803, 13 total

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