2025 Compare Cities Education:
Palo Alto, CA vs Chandler, AZ

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Highlights
- Chandler spends 42.6% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.5% lower in Chandler than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chandler had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CAChandler, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%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 Chandler    66 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Mesa is such a medium sized city but so big for it's size that even if you drive 20 minutes you still will be in Mesa. In West Mesa it's where all the services for  More

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As someone that has lived in Chandler nearly my whole life. I understand Chandler has it's fair share of problems in recent decades from affordability to certain areas  More

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I have grown up in Chandler for almost 25 years and left in 2012, used to live near downtown with apartments that were affordable on a minimum wage job, until i could  More

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