2025 Compare Cities Education:
Albany, CA vs San Tan Valley, AZ

Change Cities
Highlights
- San Tan Valley spends 43.5% less per student than Albany.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.3% lower in San Tan Valley than in Albany. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Tan Valley had 4.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Albany
 Albany, CASan Tan Valley, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,044$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,280$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock73694573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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

   |    Reply

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

   |    Reply

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

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of Albany

Reviews for San Tan Valley    2 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived here for nearly two years now. I find it to be a great place to live with a few drawbacks. 1.) There is no highway access and results in messy traffic  More

   |    Reply

Over 8 years ago

This place is AWFUL what a mistake we made! Schools are crap & constantly begging for supplies, traffic gets worse by the day as they continue to throw up subdivisions,  More

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of San Tan Valley


Premium Subscription
Includes Cost of Living compares for child care, utilities, transportation, health, taxes, housing for home owners vs renters, weather, insurance premiums and so much more.


The premier source for comprehensive city data for over 30 years.

© Best Places. All rights reserved.