2025 Compare Cities Education:
Palo Alto, CA vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Phoenix spends 42.6% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.5% lower in Phoenix than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Phoenix had 13.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CAPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Phoenix    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Over 1 years ago

Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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