2025 Compare Cities Education:
Asheville, NC vs Palo Alto, CA

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Highlights
- Palo Alto spends 51.7% more per student than Asheville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 62.3% higher in Palo Alto than in Asheville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palo Alto had 4.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Asheville
 Asheville, NCPalo Alto, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,947  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor239  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock30.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock16.0%1.5%
Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Scotty · 

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  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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