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Palo Alto, CA vs Michigan City, IN

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- Michigan City spends 25.7% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.6% lower in Michigan City than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Michigan City had 8.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CAMichigan City, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,185$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8914573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%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.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Michigan City    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I’ve lived in Michigan City for over 10 years now(March 2020) and am a native of Northwest Indiana (40 years.) Michigan City is an older town, on Lake Michigan ESE of  More

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Over 8 years ago

My in-laws live there. I love to visit the place. Nice people. The city has everything, malls, restaurants, cafes. It's very close to the nature. It's cold in the  More

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Over 15 years ago

HUMID and HOT in the June,July, August and bone chilling cold in Dec and Jan. Snow is just crazy...the lake effect snow machine comes right down off lake michigan and  More

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