2024 Compare Cities Education:
Palm Springs, CA vs Monterey, CA

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Highlights
- Monterey spends 0.5% more per student than Palm Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.0% lower in Monterey than in Palm Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Monterey had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Palm Springs
 Palm Springs, CAMonterey, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,296$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,853$13,156$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,941$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.3621.7316.23
 Students per Librarian24953289524573
 Students per Counselor526526530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%3.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.3%93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%19.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.9%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.0%54.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.8%18.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Palm Springs    12 Reviews

I lived in Palm Springs for 12 years and initially it appeared to be quite beautiful. The mountains are beautiful and palm trees, very stress-free and manageable.  More

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Over 4 years ago

14 years is plenty long enough. This is a nice place to visit, not live. In the last 20 years the air quality, especially in the summer has deteriorated considerably.  More

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Ghetto Crime City with lots of glitz... Police do nothing. Called 911 three times in a year: twice, no response. Provided the license plate of the criminals in two  More

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Reviews for Monterey    21 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

The Monterey city area is an excellent place to live and one of the few California locales where it's relatively safe to raise a family. If I could no longer live here I  More

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I grew up on the Monterey Peninsula and had to leave to climb out of poverty. The median income is $35,000 and outside of the military, the jobs are mostly service  More

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My husband and I are just crazy about Monterey. I wonder if we take housing expenses (mortgage or rent) out of the picture, is Monterey still a very expensive city to  More

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