2025 Compare Cities Education:
Albany, CA vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Phoenix spends 40.6% less per student than Albany.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.6% lower in Phoenix than in Albany. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Phoenix had 13.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Albany
 Albany, CAPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 13 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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Reviews for Phoenix    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Over 1 years ago

Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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