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New Canaan, CT vs Menlo Park, CA

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Highlights
- Menlo Park spends 12.6% less per student than New Canaan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 55.0% higher in Menlo Park than in New Canaan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Menlo Park had 3.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to New Canaan
 New Canaan, CTMenlo Park, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.80.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock11.8%1.5%
Reviews for New Canaan    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Beautiful town with wonderful people. Great place to raise children, however, it is extremely costly to live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Agreed, cost of living is too high, too many wall streeters (which have a bad rep nowadays), and diversity is almost non-existant, public schools are average/good but  More

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Outside of the other categories, which run very well here; schools are good and competitive, climate is relatively mild, crime is very low, diversity is strong, culture  More

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Reviews for Menlo Park    5 Reviews

Over 11 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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