2025 Compare Cities Education:
Palo Alto, CA vs Binghamton, NY

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Highlights
- Binghamton spends 49.1% more per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.2% lower in Binghamton than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Binghamton had 11.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CABinghamton, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$27,434$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,765$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13294573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%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 Binghamton    29 Reviews

Marg · 

Very cool place with loads of popular restaurants (some award winning), hiking, winter activities/sports, fishing, boating, central location -making it SO EASY for  More

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Over 4 years ago

I can't understand the strong negativity, at least not totally. I have been here for a while now and have been (years ago). Back in the big recession there were some  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in this area my whole life-all 23 years of it. Even in my lifetime about half the businesses I remember are now boarded up often with no replacements. So many  More

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