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San Tan Valley, AZ vs Scottsdale, AZ

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- Scottsdale spends 5.2% more per student than San Tan Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% lower in Scottsdale than in San Tan Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 4.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to San Tan Valley
 San Tan Valley, AZScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,414  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor730  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for San Tan Valley    2 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived here for nearly two years now. I find it to be a great place to live with a few drawbacks. 1.) There is no highway access and results in messy traffic  More

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Over 8 years ago

This place is AWFUL what a mistake we made! Schools are crap & constantly begging for supplies, traffic gets worse by the day as they continue to throw up subdivisions,  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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