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Nevada City, CA vs Scottsdale, AZ

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- Scottsdale spends 52.5% less per student than Nevada City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.8% lower in Scottsdale than in Nevada City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 2.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Nevada City
 Nevada City, CAScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,261  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Nevada City    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I lived in Y.C Ca for 14 yrs and Nevada City became my favorite town to visit. The restaurants are great, the night life is mellow but you get a variety of music...shoos  More

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We are seriously considering a move to Nevada City. I have a lot of questions about what it will be like for a liberal-minded family with a teenage son. Will he find  More

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Over 9 years ago

I have been coming here since I was a child. I am from the bay area, the town I grew up in was small and I met my husband there. We raised our children there. 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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