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Palo Alto, CA vs Dunwoody, GA

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- Dunwoody spends 22.0% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.8% lower in Dunwoody than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dunwoody had 0.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CADunwoody, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,356$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,024$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5664573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%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

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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 Dunwoody    4 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I have lived here for 25 years and it really used to be a great city to live in. Unfortunately we became a city and now have our own city government which seemed to be  More

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I’ve recorded over 200 podcast episodes about the city of Dunwoody. Some of my favorite businesses are Village Orthodontics, NFA Burger, Breadwinner, and BAR{N}. This is  More

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I've lived in Atlanta and/or the Atlanta area for over 20 years. I know there are worse places than Atlanta but I also know there are better places. I am an  More

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