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New Orleans, LA vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Scottsdale spends 48.3% less per student than New Orleans.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.3% higher in Scottsdale than in New Orleans. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 10.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New Orleans

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 New Orleans, LAScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,431$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,687$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,683$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.6518.2416.23
 Students per Librarian225223484573
 Students per Counselor586718530
 Grade School Educ.3.5%1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%1.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.2%97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%18.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.0%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.1%60.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.4%16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%5.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%2.9%1.5%

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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Reviews for Scottsdale    83 Reviews

My son went to ASU in '99 which is how we ended up here from Northern Illinois. Over the years we came out for vacations and bought a second home until we finally made  More

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I lived in San Jose for 30 years...in the late '50s. I walked thru cherry orchards to school. After college classes, I drove 20 minutes to the beach. San Francisco was  More

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Pros: Livable weather 7 months a year, (Oct. 15-May 15), ample restaurants (though $$$$), resorts to stroll, if you golf, you'll be in heaven. Broad, tidy streets with  More

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ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total
ZIPS IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
85251 85255 85260 85257 85258 85259 85250 85266 85262

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