2025 Compare Cities Education:
Park City, UT vs Palo Alto, CA

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Highlights
- Palo Alto spends 22.0% more per student than Park City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.2% higher in Palo Alto than in Park City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palo Alto had 0.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Park City
 Park City, UTPalo Alto, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,556  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor340  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock30.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock16.0%1.5%
Reviews for Park City    12 Reviews

I lived in Park City for 6 years. Vail purchase of resort(s) and capacity reached in school system have caused a real estate bubble, in my opinion, with 500-1,000 per  More

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we have lived there off and on for 27 years and love it in the winter and summer, the muddy months starting in april are not so good but we head back to calif. at that  More

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Over 9 years ago

I like this town  More

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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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