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Los Altos, CA vs Greenwood, SC

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Highlights
- Greenwood spends 33.8% less per student than Los Altos.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.7% lower in Greenwood than in Los Altos. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Greenwood had 18.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Los Altos
 Los Altos, CAGreenwood, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,180$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,807$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4144573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.85.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Los Altos    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Expensive but worth  More

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Over 17 years ago

the quality of life here is very high however the cost of living is also high. extremely high as a matter of fact. I'd like to look at other communities that are less  More

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Reviews for Greenwood    8 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Low cost of living, two colleges, Lake, and no traffic to speak of. Great Quality of life for the  More

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I had no idea that a state with such beautiful natural recourses cared so little. On the one quarter mile road from the highway to our lake house I picked up seven bags  More

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Over 13 years ago

I luv our lake house and I liv going boating but when we do the water is so murky and I feel bad for a lot of people because there are just a lot of messed up houses and  More

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