2025 Compare Cities Education:
Menlo Park, CA vs Linden, NJ

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- Linden spends 16.4% more per student than Menlo Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.5% lower in Linden than in Menlo Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Linden had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Menlo Park
 Menlo Park, CALinden, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,387$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,582$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12834573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.3%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.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 Linden    5 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

How could Linden's are quality go from 24 to 92.5 in one year? I live in Linden. They did not close refineries and plant a thousand trees. I can see the air-and  More

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Over 18 years ago

I've lived here for the past 3 years renting 1st floor of a two family house. 3 blocks from train station to NYC. Shopping centers all around. Very strong polish  More

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Moved to Linden a year ago, and really love it. It is bordered on the north by a pretty shady area of Roselle, but that hasn't affected the QOL here. The city is very  More

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