2025 Compare Cities Education:
Kirkland, WA vs Palo Alto, CA

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Highlights
- Palo Alto spends 8.3% less per student than Kirkland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.5% higher in Palo Alto than in Kirkland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palo Alto had 0.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Kirkland
 Kirkland, WAPalo Alto, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock30.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock16.0%1.5%
Reviews for Kirkland    14 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

12 years in Kirkland. It sure changed but love it. Great waterfront, restaurants, art galleries, public transportation, parks, and schools. And only 20 minutes from  More

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Beautiful water and mountain views, enticing wailing culture, bars, restaurants and upscale shopping. Lived here for 7 years now and lookig to move to someplace sunnier  More

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Over 14 years ago

We are not living in our home in Kirkland at the moment (retired now and moving about) and we miss it. Our home is in a lovely small cul de sac and backs on to a  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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