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

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Highlights
- Sacramento spends 24.1% less per student than Menlo Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.0% higher in Sacramento than in Menlo Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sacramento had 9.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Menlo Park
 Menlo Park, CASacramento, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 Sacramento    117 Reviews

It is easy to say negative things about Sacramento as we have many problems that are common throughout California. Crime & homelessness rates are high here. Housing is  More

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High, high crime rate and car theft capitol of the country. Everyone knows someone who’s had their car stolen or have had their own car stolen. Sacramento’s violent  More

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The city is very mixed. I will start off by saying it has some excellent historical and educational sites to look at. It is a contractual obligation that you look at the  More

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