2025 Compare Cities Education:
Scranton, PA vs Quartzsite, AZ

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Highlights
- Quartzsite spends 9.9% less per student than Scranton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.5% higher in Quartzsite than in Scranton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Quartzsite had 4.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Scranton
 Scranton, PAQuartzsite, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,708$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,038  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,982$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10884573
 Students per Counselor382  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock0.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Scranton    20 Reviews

I retired and moved here in 2008 because it was a cheap place to live and my house cost only $70,000 in '08. I found through time that the city is low in crime, has a  More

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LOVE LIVING IN NORTH SCRANTON PA....MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 12 YEARS AND HAVE MET SO MANY NICE PEOPLE. BEING FROM NY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN WE MOVED  More

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I HAVE LIVED IN NORTH SCRANTON FOR 10YRS, I REALLY ENJOY LIFE HERE. THERE IS SO MUCH TO OFFER, SUPER LOW COST OF LIVING, HOUSING IS CHEAP TO BUY FOR A NICE HOME. WE HAVE  More

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Reviews for Quartzsite    3 Reviews

We moved here from southern California. We had visited a couple of Winters and enjoyed it so much. It was hot where we moved from so the heat was no surprise.   More

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Maybe parts of the Colorado River are great and the camping in the winter time is fun but the summers are the second hottest in AZ. No where to go no shopping malls, no  More

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Have been going to Quartzsite for about 15 years for the flea market and shows and things have been going downhill at this yearly event in recent years. The town has  More

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