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

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Highlights
- Marina spends 16.4% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.6% higher in Marina than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Marina had 9.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CAMarina, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Marina    4 Reviews

I've lived in Marina for the last 15 years. It is a gray place with old dated looking buildings, no real main street, and is the domain of the slum lord, and the mini  More

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Old Fort Ord is the only affordable housing on the Monterey Peninsula. It's frequently colder here than it was in Oregon. There is finally some local public  More

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Over 18 years ago

I find it funny when I lived here from '91-'01 there were hardly any stores new homes being build to justify staying. Then as soon as I move the city finally starts  More

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