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Ridgecrest, CA vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Scottsdale spends 30.5% less per student than Ridgecrest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.4% lower in Scottsdale than in Ridgecrest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 7.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ridgecrest
 Ridgecrest, CAScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Ridgecrest    7 Reviews

For context, I grew up in Ridgecrest and moved away after graduating high school. I have since lived in LA and the Bay Area but I visit RC often. RC is in the high  More

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Ridgecrest and Kern County are red state bastions in a land of blue voting counties. If you want a concealed weapons permit, you'll get it. Want to own any firearm  More

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Over 13 years ago

The hardest thing to get used to in Ridgecrest is the weather. It can get quite windy. And hot. 115 hot. But it's a dry heat! It does cool off in the evening, and it  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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