2025 Compare Cities Education:
Menlo Park, CA vs Baltimore, MD

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Highlights
- Baltimore spends 3.6% more per student than Menlo Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.1% lower in Baltimore than in Menlo Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Baltimore had 9.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Menlo Park
 Menlo Park, CABaltimore, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,804$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,231$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13844573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%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 Baltimore    101 Reviews

Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn , Detroit and the list goes on were all very bad 20 years ago . If you have a chance to visit them now . You'll wish you had moved in to those  More

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Over 4 years ago

Came to Balt a less, ended up balting a more. In all seriousness, its an okay  More

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I've lived in Baltimore, MD all of my life. I remember when Jobs were plentiful, food was to die for, the city was very diverse. After the 80's and drugs entered the  More

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