2025 Compare Cities Education:
Friday Harbor, WA vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Phoenix spends 45.6% less per student than Friday Harbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.1% higher in Phoenix than in Friday Harbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Phoenix had 11.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Friday Harbor
 Friday Harbor, WAPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,789  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor334  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Friday Harbor    2 Reviews

Beautiful place to retire and live, but a very expensive area to buy property and maintain. Services are limited and labor is in big shortage. So be prepared to pay up  More

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I lived on the Island for a couple of the winter months in 2007. I house sat a beautiful home on acreage with a view of the water. The Island is very quiet during the  More

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Reviews for Phoenix    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Over 1 years ago

Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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