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Palo Alto, CA vs Mission Viejo, CA

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- Mission Viejo spends 17.0% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.5% higher in Mission Viejo than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mission Viejo had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CAMission Viejo, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.8%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.  Unlock12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 Mission Viejo    22 Reviews

Beautiful, but for the wealthy. If you make less than 150K, you won't be able to afford to live here. Even for Southern California, MV is off-the-chart expensive. A  More

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Over 12 years ago

Mission Viejo does not charge a business license tax for businesses located in the community and home-based businesses are allowed under current zoning laws as long as  More

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Please give me your advisese i need to know how is the best place to live near los angeles, safe, earthquakes, snakes, best schools, no racism, etc...,i donĀ“t know  More

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