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Battle Creek, MI vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Scottsdale spends 19.7% less per student than Battle Creek.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.6% higher in Scottsdale than in Battle Creek. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 8.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Battle Creek
 Battle Creek, MIScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,533  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.34  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor542  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Battle Creek    11 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

you need to really pay attention to the neighborhood you select. There are some great older neighborhoods with fantastic houses in the city, but those might only be one  More

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Over 13 years ago

Battle Creek is moderately ok in the summer months but any other time it is cold or cloudy and unpleasant. You better have warm clothes to survive the cold winter that  More

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Over 16 years ago

Battle Creek is a great place to raise a family. Sometimes hard to get people to move here but once here nobody wants to leave. Summers are absolutely beautiful. Yes  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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