2025 Compare Cities Education:
Menlo Park, CA vs Carson City, NV

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Highlights
- Carson City spends 54.1% less per student than Menlo Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.0% higher in Carson City than in Menlo Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carson City had 8.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Menlo Park
 Menlo Park, CACarson City, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,224$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21784573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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