2024 Compare Cities Education:
Mesa, AZ vs Ferndale, MI

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Highlights
- Ferndale spends 43.8% more per student than Mesa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.7% lower in Ferndale than in Mesa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ferndale had 6.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mesa
 Mesa, AZFerndale, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,564$15,188$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653$12,595$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,810$7,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2417.0216.23
 Students per Librarian23488094573
 Students per Counselor718537530
 Grade School Educ.3.9%0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%3.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.4%96.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.5%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.4%7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.5%53.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.3%14.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%1.0%1.5%
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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Reviews for Ferndale    7 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Ferndale is the heart and soul of the Michigan LGBT community. The pricing on this site is off though-- a studio is $700+ here. A one bedroom is $950+. This is without  More

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I have lived in Ferndale for 20 years. I grew up in the 60's on the East Side of Detroit. I was on the Assessing Review Board and Ferndale's Beautification Commission  More

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Over 12 years ago

Ferndale is a great walking town a short distance from Detroit. Lots of shops and restaurants within a mile of each other. It's also a very progressive community with  More

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