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Friday Harbor, WA vs Scottsdale, AZ

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- Scottsdale spends 45.6% less per student than Friday Harbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.1% higher in Scottsdale than in Friday Harbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 3.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Friday Harbor
 Friday Harbor, WAScottsdale, 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.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%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 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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