2025 Compare Cities Education:
Burnsville, NC vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Scottsdale spends 10.2% less per student than Burnsville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.8% higher in Scottsdale than in Burnsville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 10.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Burnsville
 Burnsville, NCScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,171  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.05  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor327  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Burnsville    2 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I have lived here for 14 years now and I believe it has saved my life. I love riding my motorcycle through the Burnsville area and surrounding Counties. It's only a  More

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Beautiful mountains. God's country for sure. Burnsville is still cheap for land and has the most potential of being a cute desirable city like Asheville. Only 40 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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