2025 Compare Cities Education:
Menlo Park, CA vs Dearborn, MI

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Highlights
- Dearborn spends 31.4% less per student than Menlo Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.4% lower in Dearborn than in Menlo Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dearborn had 12.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Menlo Park
 Menlo Park, CADearborn, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,771$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,893$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14714573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%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 Dearborn    7 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Dearborn use to be a very nice well kept city with low crime and good schools. Schools are not that good anymore. NOW The city is not kept up as nice, people do not  More

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Over 15 years ago

The people in this town are very closed minded. This is not a progressive town. Trust me, I know, I have lived here for almost 11 years, unfortunately. The  More

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Over 15 years ago

If you are considering moving to Dearborn, Michigan and would like to have a good place to walk your dog, consider moving to another city. Dearborn, Michigan has 43  More

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