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Broomfield, CO vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Scottsdale spends 34.6% less per student than Broomfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.3% higher in Scottsdale than in Broomfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Broomfield
 Broomfield, COScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.69  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor411  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.57.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Broomfield    8 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived in Broomfield for almost 25 years. We moved here to raise kids and for the schools in Boulder Valley School District (without having to live and pay for  More

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Broomfield, Colorado is a great place to live if you don’t actually want to live in a real town with character, real shops, restaurants, and a sense of community but  More

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Broomfield has all the advantages of Colorado (or around Denver), things like good weather and overall a decent economy, growing demographics, good schools, and views of  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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