2025 Compare Cities Education:
Arlington, TX vs Palo Alto, CA

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Highlights
- Palo Alto spends 34.9% more per student than Arlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 47.0% higher in Palo Alto than in Arlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palo Alto had 13.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Arlington
 Arlington, TXPalo Alto, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,823  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.69  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor365  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock30.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock16.0%1.5%
Reviews for Arlington    34 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Great proximity to both Dallas and Ft Worth. Good selection of restaurants. Nice neighborhoods with beautiful oaks and rolling hills. Close to 6 Flags, Dallas Cowboys  More

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Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived in Arlington since 1976. It is now nothing but apartment complexes for as far as you can see and they are mostly section 8. Crime is out of control. We are  More

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Over 8 years ago

If you have a good car you can travel to the cities bordering Arlington (within 15 miles) and pay their non-citizen fees and use their very nice senior facilities.   More

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Reviews for Palo Alto    8 Reviews

The Bay Area in general, but Palo Alto specifically provides many of the qualities sought by many; the climate is beautiful, there is access to cultural and recreational  More

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Over 17 years ago

Very  More

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Over 18 years ago

VTA and SamsTrans and Caltrain all provide good service and most times frequency of service is  More

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