2024 Compare Cities Education:
San Rafael, CA vs Fountain Hills, AZ

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Highlights
- Fountain Hills spends 50.0% less per student than San Rafael.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.1% lower in Fountain Hills than in San Rafael. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fountain Hills had 13.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to San Rafael
 San Rafael, CAFountain Hills, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$21,111$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,962$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,450$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.8418.2416.23
 Students per Librarian414123484573
 Students per Counselor508718530
 Grade School Educ.9.4%1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%0.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.4%98.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%23.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.2%9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.4%50.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.0%15.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%3.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.9%2.0%1.5%
Reviews for San Rafael    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

San Rafael is only 30 minutes from downtown San Francisco, but the weather is completely different. It's sunny most of the year, including in the summer when the city  More

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Over 14 years ago

I feal very safe in this town. I think getting stopped for talking on your cell phone while driving is a big deal here. Thats about all I can  More

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Over 16 years ago

Cost of living too high. Unfriendly  More

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Reviews for Fountain Hills    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

We live in Boise but are seriously considering a move to Fountain Hills. We have visited FH and it's beautiful...but we are not sure we can do the Summers! In Boise  More

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Over 7 years ago

We have lived in many cities in the US we moved here 10 yrs ago raised 2 boys and I would not give it up for any other place. move here raise a family and retire  More

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Over 11 years ago

Beautiful homes with mountaineous  More

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