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Palo Alto, CA vs Dothan, AL

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- Dothan spends 37.0% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.0% lower in Dothan than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dothan had 8.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CADothan, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,594$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,709$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6534573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%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.  Unlock6.8%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 Dothan    25 Reviews

This is my 3rd (maybe 4th) year living in dothan, and it is AMAZING!! I hear people say "the traffic is horrible" but it really is not. sure the traffic sometimes is  More

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Over 4 years ago

I grew up here. I will sum it up like this: the best decision I ever made was to move away from Dothan 20 years ago and the worst decision I ever made was to move back  More

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Over 4 years ago

I grew up in this horrible nothing city living here until in my early thirties and I left 20 years ago. I hated this place everyday and was so glad I left, it was the  More

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