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Ada, OK vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Scottsdale spends 1.6% less per student than Ada.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.6% higher in Scottsdale than in Ada. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 11.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ada
 Ada, OKScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,918  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor288  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Ada    4 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Ada, Oklahoma is probably the best place to live in USA.I have lived here all of my life and would not move for anything.It is a close knit community where people  More

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Over 15 years ago

gang members? Where are you originally from? I'm from California, and used to live 20 minutes from East L.A. Are you sure you know what the meaning of Gang Member is? I  More

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The school system is below average in my opinion, the students all seem to come from bad ad neglected homes. There is higher crime than thought and my neighborhood is  More

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Reviews for Scottsdale    84 Reviews

It's been a long time since I visited Scottsdale after visiting a few times a decade ago. It used to be more of an area that deserved it's punchlines for being stuck up  More

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Over 1 years ago

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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