2025 Compare Cities Education:
Watertown, NY vs Palo Alto, CA

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Highlights
- Palo Alto spends 14.9% less per student than Watertown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 72.0% higher in Palo Alto than in Watertown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palo Alto had 7.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Watertown
 Watertown, NYPalo Alto, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,280  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor277  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock30.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock16.0%1.5%
Reviews for Watertown    2 Reviews

I don’t live there but visit on occasion. Very quiet town. Ran into a white out blizzard while driving there that a local tells me isn’t unusual. One minute I could  More

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Over 17 years ago

As a city primarily filled and flourished with military families, Watertown is a decent place to live. Because of the population influx from military families, the 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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