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Westlake Village, CA vs Long Beach, CA

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- Long Beach spends 0.0% less per student than Westlake Village.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Long Beach than in Westlake Village. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 16.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Westlake Village
 Westlake Village, CALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Westlake Village    6 Reviews

Been here since 2014 in a gated community. Moved from West Hollywood in LA, which is obviously very different. I'll say this - it's very White, very safe, and, if you're  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have lived in Westlake Village for almost 19 years and I cannot bare to leave. Beautiful weather, beautiful scenery. Not alot of great theater but if you are not to  More

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Over 18 years ago

Too hot in the summer. Has desert climate in summer, often days  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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