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Bethesda, MD vs Sedona, AZ

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- Sedona spends 50.0% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.0% higher in Sedona than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sedona had 5.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda
 Bethesda, MDSedona, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,873$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,986$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock33674573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%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 Sedona    37 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Sedona was a great place to live back in the 90's. Its still very good but has now been ruined by tourists. Most of the tourists come from Southern California and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Sedona is an absolutely ****ty and overrated place to live in. The people there are nasty to the tourists and there is barely any good food in the grocery stores. We  More

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Over 5 years ago

I LOVE Sedona. I believe most people living here do too. I think this site mixed up part of the description with Flagstaff’s since it says some of the same. Hopefully  More

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