2025 Compare Cities Education:
Palo Alto, CA vs St. George, UT

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Highlights
- St. George spends 52.4% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.3% higher in St. George than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. George had 3.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CASt. George, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,768$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,745$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20374573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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 St. George    75 Reviews

Very low paying jobs. Very few corporate companies you could have a career at. Very expensive housing. Very unaccepting of non mormons. A very lazy city hall that  More

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We recently moved here and this are our thoughts: - Landscape wise no doubts this is one of the most beautiful places we have been - Public spaces are very clean, well  More

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I have lived in St. George for 8 months and love it so far. I agree that there are not a lot of jobs and most have low pay so this may not be a good place if your  More

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