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Scottsdale, AZ vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 44.3% more per student than Scottsdale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.7% higher in Folsom than in Scottsdale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 4.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Scottsdale

Education
 Scottsdale, AZFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,564$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653$12,484$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,810$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2422.7516.23
 Students per Librarian234863214573
 Students per Counselor718641530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.5%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.2%92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%18.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.60.2%51.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.16.3%16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.9%2.0%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 11 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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ZIPS IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
85251 85255 85260 85257 85258 85259 85250 85266 85262
ZIPS IN FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA
95630

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