2025 Compare Cities Education:
Palo Alto, CA vs Cleveland, OH

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Highlights
- Cleveland spends 9.6% more per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.0% lower in Cleveland than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cleveland had 14.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CACleveland, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,172$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,106$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8434573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Cleveland    95 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I live in a suburb right outside of Cleveland. I fear Cleveland gets a bad wrap in many people eyes. Although many families moved to the area for steel and auto  More

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I relocated to Cleveland 8 months ago from south of Columbus, OH. Having spent a lot of time in Columbus and central Ohio, I wanted to change. So I spontaneously decided  More

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Lived in Cleveland for 10 years. Loved it. Of course it has its issues, but there are a lot of great things about this city, and the people that live there should  More

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