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Houston, TX vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Scottsdale spends 17.6% less per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.3% higher in Scottsdale than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 22.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston
 Houston, TXScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 3 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 3 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  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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