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Palo Alto, CA vs Madras, OR

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Highlights
- Madras spends 14.2% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.3% lower in Madras than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madras had 16.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CAMadras, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,783$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,206$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5134573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 Madras    2 Reviews

I am taking some college classes for business management and one of my assingments was to find out about the ecomony,legal and social issues surrounding opening a new  More

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While I do not live in Madras, Oregon it would be the one place that I would preferr to live. I visited my brother, who lives there, about two years ago. I expected to  More

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