2025 Compare Cities Education:
Menlo Park, CA vs Alameda, CA

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Highlights
- Alameda spends 11.4% less per student than Menlo Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.2% higher in Alameda than in Menlo Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alameda had 3.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Menlo Park
 Menlo Park, CAAlameda, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%1.5%
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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Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  More

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