2025 Compare Cities Education:
Prospect, KY vs Alameda, CA

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Highlights
- Alameda spends 13.9% more per student than Prospect.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.6% higher in Alameda than in Prospect. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alameda had 7.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Prospect
 Prospect, KYAlameda, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,255  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor227  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.71.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree10.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%1.5%
Reviews for Prospect    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Although housing is more expensive than most other cities in Kentucky, as are the real estate taxes it is worth it for the piece of mind and the great schools. Otherwise  More

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Quick response to what was posted. I would say her post is inaccurate except for the part about taxes. People are friendlier and more laid back than the people up  More

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Everything is relative as the saying goes, but we transplanted here from Germantown, TN (which we loved)to Prospect, KY (suburb of Louisville). We find the people are  More

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Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  More

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