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Palo Alto, CA vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Scottsdale spends 42.6% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.5% lower in Scottsdale than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CAScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Palo Alto    8 Reviews

The Bay Area in general, but Palo Alto specifically provides many of the qualities sought by many; the climate is beautiful, there is access to cultural and recreational  More

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Over 17 years ago

Very  More

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Over 18 years ago

VTA and SamsTrans and Caltrain all provide good service and most times frequency of service 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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