2025 Compare Cities Education:
Missoula, MT vs Palo Alto, CA

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Highlights
- Palo Alto spends 43.0% more per student than Missoula.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 52.4% higher in Palo Alto than in Missoula. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palo Alto had 0.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Missoula
 Missoula, MTPalo Alto, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,200  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock30.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock16.0%1.5%
Reviews for Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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Reviews for Palo Alto    8 Reviews

The Bay Area in general, but Palo Alto specifically provides many of the qualities sought by many; the climate is beautiful, there is access to cultural and recreational  More

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Over 17 years ago

Very  More

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Over 18 years ago

VTA and SamsTrans and Caltrain all provide good service and most times frequency of service is  More

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