2025 Compare Cities Education:
Palo Alto, CA vs Manhattan, NY

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Highlights
- Manhattan spends 98.6% more per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.8% lower in Manhattan than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Manhattan had 8.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CAManhattan, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$36,552$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,841$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock791504573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.7%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 Manhattan    2 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Manhattan is a great place with lots to see and do. Exciting to visit and great to live if you have the  More

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This is the best city ever, it is very welcoming and there is a lot of fun things to do. I have lived her for 2 years now and have already had so many great experiences  More

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