2025 Compare Cities Education:
Coos Bay, OR vs Palo Alto, CA

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Highlights
- Palo Alto spends 17.2% more per student than Coos Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.5% higher in Palo Alto than in Coos Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palo Alto had 9.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Coos Bay
 Coos Bay, ORPalo Alto, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,309  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor562  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock30.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock16.0%1.5%
Reviews for Coos Bay    11 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Residents since 1990. Pros: The weather is exceptionally mild. We find it a very inexpensive, convenient, and laid back place to live. North Bend has an airport (OTH)  More

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My son is thinking about moving to coos bay, I have read some comments, doesn't sound so good. He has a family and he thinks he can get a good job. He lives in colorado.  More

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Over 11 years ago

nice  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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