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

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Highlights
- Hawthorne spends 5.3% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.3% higher in Hawthorne than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hawthorne had 19.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CAHawthorne, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Hawthorne    4 Reviews

MARGARET · 

I lived there. Hawthorne is a ___hole. Crime, Drugs, Unemployment near 12% and, they can pay the police enough to stay and deal with all the crap! It has to be one of  More

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Great multi-cultural, family-oriented little enclave of Hawthorne called Wiseburn. Has a newly built middle school and a new elementary school is nearly complete. Not a  More

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Over 18 years ago

I wouldn't recomend anyone raise children here. The weather is about as mild as anywhere in the world, but the area is a little too rough for most normal people. There  More

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