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Boise City, ID vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Scottsdale spends 13.9% more per student than Boise City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.4% higher in Scottsdale than in Boise City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 2.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Boise City

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 Boise City, IDScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8218.2416.23
 Students per Librarian103123484573
 Students per Counselor430718530
 Grade School Educ.1.5%1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%1.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.2%97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%18.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.3%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.7%60.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%5.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%2.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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Reviews for Scottsdale    83 Reviews

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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Pros: Livable weather 7 months a year, (Oct. 15-May 15), ample restaurants (though $$$$), resorts to stroll, if you golf, you'll be in heaven. Broad, tidy streets with  More

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ZIPS IN BOISE CITY, IDAHO
83709 83704 83706 83713 83705 83702 83716 83703 83712
ZIPS IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
85251 85255 85260 85257 85258 85259 85250 85266 85262

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