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Roseville, CA vs Palo Alto, CA

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- Palo Alto spends 18.7% more per student than Roseville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% lower in Palo Alto than in Roseville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palo Alto had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Roseville
 Roseville, CAPalo Alto, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,263  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.76  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor676  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock30.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock16.0%1.5%
Reviews for Roseville    18 Reviews

Roseville, Ca is a nice place to live but you have to be able to afford it. It is at least 40% more expensive to live here than most places. It is cram packed with  More

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Cost of living is high and getting higher like everywhere else. I can't afford to live in CA anymore. People are nice  More

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Over 10 years ago

Roseville is an very nice small/medium sized city; a suburb of Sacramento, which is not (a nice city). Sacramento is a toilet. Roseville is clean, moderately  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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