2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cumming, GA vs Menlo Park, CA

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Highlights
- Menlo Park spends 46.2% more per student than Cumming.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.3% higher in Menlo Park than in Cumming. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Menlo Park had 17.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cumming
 Cumming, GAMenlo Park, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,283  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor442  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock11.8%1.5%
Reviews for Cumming    9 Reviews

My family moved to the Polo Fields in Cumming in 1999 on a job transfer and moved out of the area to return to WI in 2013. I commuted to Alpharetta, about 12 miles  More

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Over 9 years ago

I am thinking of moving to georgia,cumming from phila.I wanted to know about the jobs.I am a cna.also housing and good  More

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Over 12 years ago

We moved to Cumming, GA in 2012. It's growing rapidly and has a number of housing options for families of all sizes. Cost of living here is higher than the national  More

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Reviews for Menlo Park    5 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Cost of living is beyond absurdly  More

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Very nice. Good connection to San Francisco or San Jose or any city in between via Caltrain or bus. Weather can't be  More

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My 14mo daughter, wife and I live in Menlo Park, CA which is approximately half way between San Francisco and San Jose. To afford an upper middle class quality of life  More

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