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Yorktown, VA vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 34.2% more per student than Yorktown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.8% higher in Long Beach than in Yorktown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 19.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Yorktown
 Yorktown, VALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,931  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor339  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.3.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Yorktown    4 Reviews

Economy here is mixed. Zoning is a poorly planned mix of hidden business and houses on the main roads with mixed older dilapidated housing next door to larger, newer  More

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York County, VA offers some of the best schools in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Children tend to score much higher on standardized tests and the graduation rate is higher  More

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Over 14 years ago

The temp's here are wonderful during the spring and fall. They stay around the high 60's to low 80's. The summer's are pretty hot when you factor in the humidity, the  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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