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Palo Alto, CA vs Leander, TX

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Highlights
- Leander spends 31.5% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.1% lower in Leander than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Leander had 2.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CALeander, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,613$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,560$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10934573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%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 Leander    6 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Moved in from Austin five years ago. In Austin you can’t buy a house in less than $1M. Here in Leander, you can buy a house at 4000+sq.ft. with beautiful hill country  More

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Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived here for 5 1/2 yrs. property tax go’s up 10% every year. Hard to get around without using toll roads. Very republican. Ugh  More

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Over 11 years ago

A bit of that small town feel with convenient stores and  More

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