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Marion, IN vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Scottsdale spends 14.1% less per student than Marion.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.9% higher in Scottsdale than in Marion. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 16.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Marion
 Marion, INScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,379  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor1540  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Marion    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Let me start off with a positive tone. Marion is blessed by its surrounding small towns. if you like to just drive and the beautifully manicured farms of corn and soy,  More

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Over 16 years ago

Kokomo, in water rendered undrinkable: I miss my home town water....Marion,  More

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Over 17 years ago

I found that the water would give me a bad case of diarhea. nothing more unpleasent than that. I lived there four two years and after a awhile I figured maybe it was 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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