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Palo Alto, CA vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- New York spends 2.5% more per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.9% lower in New York than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 14.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CANew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%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 New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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