2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mountain View, CA vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 16.1% less per student than Mountain View.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.0% lower in Fresno than in Mountain View. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 15.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mountain View
 Mountain View, CAFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Mountain View    15 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

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I've lived here 25 years. Perfect climate. Very central for employment opportunities. Really great schools. 45 min to San Fran, 45 min to Santa Cruz beach. Shoreline  More

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Over 15 years ago

I was born and raised in Mountain View. I used to really like this city, and California. Unfortunately, the city (along with the state) has been over run with high  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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