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Palo Alto, CA vs California City, CA

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- California City spends 17.4% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% higher in California City than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- California City had 20.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CACalifornia City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock77.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 California City    6 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

My husband and I moved here in Nov 2014 from San Bernardino and we moved here for one reason, we got an enormous house with lots of land and no neighbors for $64,200. No  More

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California City, CA is a wonderful diverse community that is ever growing, in population and home values. Living here over many months and researching here over 4  More

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Over 9 years ago

Living in Cal City 5+ years I can say this: There are nicer areas than others and I lucked out. My street is quiet, have had no problems and neighbors are nice. There  More

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