2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carson City, NV vs Palo Alto, CA

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Highlights
- Palo Alto spends 99.5% more per student than Carson City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% lower in Palo Alto than in Carson City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palo Alto had 10.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carson City
 Carson City, NVPalo Alto, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,679  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor877  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock30.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock16.0%1.5%
Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  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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