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Palmdale, CA vs Mission Viejo, CA

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Highlights
- Mission Viejo spends 12.3% less per student than Palmdale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.2% higher in Mission Viejo than in Palmdale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mission Viejo had 24.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Palmdale

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 Palmdale, CAMission Viejo, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,429$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374$12,911$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,492$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.8623.2116.23
 Students per Librarian6565163834573
 Students per Counselor380595530
 Grade School Educ.11.7%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.0%2.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.76.3%94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%20.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.6%9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.1%50.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.2%12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.5%2.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Palmdale    35 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for nine years and I haven't had any problems. The weather is hot during the summer we get real Summers during the winter it's cold and it's sometimes  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have lived here for many years and I wish I could move elsewhere. I have lived on both the east and west sides of this city. The west side is supposedly better and I  More

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Over 10 years ago

I live in West Palmdale, right by the mall and i just love it. The area is in need of more restaurants, preferably steak houses, a good old fashion Chinese restaurant  More

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Reviews for Mission Viejo    22 Reviews

Beautiful, but for the wealthy. If you make less than 150K, you won't be able to afford to live here. Even for Southern California, MV is off-the-chart expensive. A  More

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Over 11 years ago

Mission Viejo does not charge a business license tax for businesses located in the community and home-based businesses are allowed under current zoning laws as long as  More

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Please give me your advisese i need to know how is the best place to live near los angeles, safe, earthquakes, snakes, best schools, no racism, etc...,i donĀ“t know  More

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ZIPS IN PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA
93550 93551 93552
ZIPS IN MISSION VIEJO, CALIFORNIA
92691 92692

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