2025 Compare Cities Education:
Palo Alto, CA vs Fontana, CA

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Highlights
- Fontana spends 20.3% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.3% higher in Fontana than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fontana had 19.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CAFontana, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,933$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock131664573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%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 Fontana    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I bought a house in North Fontana 13 years ago and I was the worst thing I ever did Fontana is trash dirty Rundown graffiti everywhere broken down cars and OMG I'm sick  More

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I was born and raised here and I used to love it, but now I am moving out of it. The truth is that the climate is becoming way too hot. Sure, Fontana has always been  More

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Over 15 years ago

best cop ever, james chick payne!most well built sr. citizen, John Yarros. all gone but not  More

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