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

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 23.2% less per student than Menlo Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.0% higher in Fresno than in Menlo Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 17.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Menlo Park
 Menlo Park, CAFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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