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Westerville, OH vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 3.4% more per student than Westerville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.5% higher in Long Beach than in Westerville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 17.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Westerville
 Westerville, OHLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,310  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor388  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Westerville    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I live in Westerville, Ohio. It is a suburb of Columbus and it is a great city. The cost of living in Columbus and the surrounding cities is very  More

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Over 20 years ago

Could not find Darby, Ohio listed. It is in Franklin County, west of Columbus. What do you include in the "miscellaneous" item under Cost of living? Many  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 6 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 8 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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