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Bethesda, MD vs Scottsdale, AZ

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- Scottsdale spends 46.5% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.8% higher in Scottsdale than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda
 Bethesda, MDScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  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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