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Richardson, TX vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Scottsdale spends 19.8% less per student than Richardson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.5% higher in Scottsdale than in Richardson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 5.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richardson
 Richardson, TXScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,291  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor361  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Richardson    6 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Lived in Richardson for 40 years and it's home. Good schools, hospitals, emergency services, retail and restaurants. Fair weather and slightly high but reasonable cost  More

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Over 15 years ago

It's great to live in a neighborhood. Better yet a community. It is relatively quiet and peaceful. Having lived in the city (Dallas) for a number of years it was a  More

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Over 17 years ago

My wife and I have lived in Richardson for 4 years now. Richardson is like anywhere else in terms of it depends on what you are looking for. Richardson has a lot of  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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