2025 Compare Cities Education:
Palo Alto, CA vs Baltimore, MD

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Highlights
- Baltimore spends 13.1% more per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.6% lower in Baltimore than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Baltimore had 11.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CABaltimore, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,804$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,231$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13844573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
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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Reviews for Baltimore    101 Reviews

Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn , Detroit and the list goes on were all very bad 20 years ago . If you have a chance to visit them now . You'll wish you had moved in to those  More

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Over 4 years ago

Came to Balt a less, ended up balting a more. In all seriousness, its an okay  More

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I've lived in Baltimore, MD all of my life. I remember when Jobs were plentiful, food was to die for, the city was very diverse. After the 80's and drugs entered the  More

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