2025 Compare Cities Education:
Highland Park, IL vs Palo Alto, CA

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Highlights
- Palo Alto spends 24.7% less per student than Highland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 59.2% higher in Palo Alto than in Highland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palo Alto had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Highland Park
 Highland Park, ILPalo Alto, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock30.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree13.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock16.0%1.5%
Reviews for Highland Park    3 Reviews

You can sail on Lake Michigan, and your culture differences are welcomed. look up "North Shore Yacht Club" for sailing and kayaking  More

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Highland Park (and the village of Highwood, which it surrounds) is a great place to live, offering a unique combination of benefits. First, it is on the shore of Lake  More

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Over 19 years ago

A wonderful place to rasie a family, but quite expensive. Great schools, but the "wealth culture" of this tony Chicago suburb causes a lot of anxiety among the kids.   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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