2025 Compare Cities Education:
Palo Alto, CA vs Waterbury, CT

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Highlights
- Waterbury spends 25.7% more per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.3% lower in Waterbury than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Waterbury had 16.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CAWaterbury, CTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,407$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5404573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Waterbury    10 Reviews

Very affordable but it has its own elegant history (Brass City) Almost all residents keep updating their values timely, the largest community, higher cultural  More

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I was born here in 1988 and have lived here after growing up mainly in next-door Watertown (which is outstanding. Go  More

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Over 11 years ago

Taxes,  More

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