The Long Beach, CA educational system consists of 80 public schools, 52 private schools and 11 post-secondary schools. Long Beach public schools have average test scores of 37% which is 4% lower than than the California average and 25% lower than than the national average. The student to teach ratio of Long Beach public schools is 21:1, compared to 20:1 in California and 16:1 across all of the United States. A total of 78.9% of students have completed 8th grade, 77.6% have completed high school, 29.5% have completed a bachelor’s degree and 3.2% have completed a doctorate degree.