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Lebanon, NH vs Palo Alto, CA

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Highlights
- Palo Alto spends 25.6% less per student than Lebanon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 112.7% higher in Palo Alto than in Lebanon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palo Alto had 4.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lebanon
 Lebanon, NHPalo Alto, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,837  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor168  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock30.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock16.0%1.5%
Reviews for Lebanon    3 Reviews

If you want an honest opinion, please keep reading. In total, our family has lived on and off in this area 10 years, first on one side of the river, then on the other.  More

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Life is just too difficult here for the regular person, particularly if you come from any other state. I have no idea why they claim the unemployment rate is so low when  More

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The Lebanon/Hanover, New Hampshire community is often rated among the best places to live in the country. Population, however, remains a scant 20,000 or so. We enjoy  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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