2025 Compare Cities Education:
Scottsdale, AZ vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 46.1% more per student than Scottsdale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.2% higher in Fresno than in Scottsdale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 18.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Scottsdale
 Scottsdale, AZFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.60.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
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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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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