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Johnstown, PA vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Scottsdale spends 39.7% less per student than Johnstown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.7% higher in Scottsdale than in Johnstown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 14.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Johnstown
 Johnstown, PAScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,021  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.54  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor401  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Johnstown    16 Reviews

It is a historic city with a booming economy located in Johnstown, PA. In the past two years, crime and drug problems have decreased, and the city promotes arts,  More

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Over 5 years ago

It's a filthy drug thug pitbull  More

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Over 13 years ago

Johnstown is very sceneic. The people are very nice howeever, if you go too far out into suburbia you will find a great deal of ignorance and racism. The down side is  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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