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Aspen, CO vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Scottsdale spends 58.1% less per student than Aspen.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 45.2% higher in Scottsdale than in Aspen. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Aspen
 Aspen, COScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,199  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor312  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Aspen    6 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I've been living in valley for 6 years. I've moved here from right before crisis. It's good place to make money for young people, yeah..it still is. Though when I  More

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Over 12 years ago

beautiful cold and dry weather. Colorful  More

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In Winter the grocery store closest to the ski lifts is so packed full of people it is really difficult to move through the store, especially if you have a cart. It  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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