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Fountain Valley, CA vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 30.9% less per student than Fountain Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.4% lower in Mesa than in Fountain Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fountain Valley

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 Fountain Valley, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,277$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,037$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.2118.2416.23
 Students per Librarian1638323484573
 Students per Counselor595718530
 Grade School Educ.4.9%3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%5.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.2%90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.0%27.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.6%29.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.4%7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.1%0.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Fountain Valley    3 Reviews

We are just average home gardeners and having lived in Fountain Valley for over 40 years, my wife and I have found the climate excellent for growing nearly ever kind of  More

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Over 17 years ago

fountain valley is nice but very expensive. Average home price will run you around $700,000.Beaches are close by. People are okay but no sense of community or sense of  More

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The weather is very moderate year-around. Warm summers, comfortable spring-time, cool  More

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Reviews for Mesa    61 Reviews

Mesa is a really good city despite some trouble with Superstition Springs and the failure that is Fiesta Mall, there is nice areas throughout and some areas that need to  More

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Over 1 years ago

As someone who was born in Mesa and has lived here in the 85210 in Dobson Ranch for the last 13 years after moving out from Chandler. I can tell you that most of the  More

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I’m a native to Arizona and growing up here has taught me that people just don’t care, and the Mormon community is huge! It’s normal in the state of AZ for kids to start  More

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ZIPS IN FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
92708
ZIPS IN MESA, ARIZONA
85204, 85201, 85207, 85205, 85209, 85210, 85202, 85203, 85208, 85206, 14 total

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