2024 Compare Cities Education:
Merriam, KS vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 24.1% less per student than Merriam.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.0% higher in Mesa than in Merriam. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 5.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Merriam
 Merriam, KSMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,913$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,650$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,166$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4118.2416.23
 Students per Librarian49923484573
 Students per Counselor409718530
 Grade School Educ.1.4%3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%5.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.2%90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%27.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.5%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.4%29.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.2%7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Merriam    1 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

n my opinion "Dan Leaps" pesonal agenda to promote (at best) a dead style of music is a direct reflecton of his failure in the music business. Creating a political  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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