2025 Compare Cities Education:
Menlo Park, CA vs West Chester, PA

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Highlights
- West Chester spends 2.2% more per student than Menlo Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.5% lower in West Chester than in Menlo Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Chester had 3.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Menlo Park
 Menlo Park, CAWest Chester, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,536$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,034$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5544573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%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 West Chester    14 Reviews

We've lived in various states, small towns & big cities, all over the country and we both felt West Chester was home as soon as we hit downtown. We've been here 8 years  More

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There seems to be 2 different profiles for West Chester, PA. One says it's a town of <20K and another says it's more like a small city at over 40K. I was kind of  More

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Over 13 years ago

Good that you live in Allentown, because you sure aren't seeing the real West Chester. We're from CA, and we couldn't afford to buy a home there. WC has grown into a  More

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