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Parker, CO vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 16.8% less per student than Parker.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% higher in Mesa than in Parker. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 5.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Parker

Education
 Parker, COMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,699$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,748$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,132$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.6218.2416.23
 Students per Librarian91423484573
 Students per Counselor279718530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%5.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.0%90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%27.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.2%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.5%29.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.1%7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%0.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Parker    28 Reviews

I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here over 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small  More

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I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small CITY but  More

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Over 3 years ago

This is my 15th year in Parker, CO. Very nice initially. VERY EXPENSIVE to buy a home now. I rented all this time and despite making over $100,000 per year, cannot  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 PARKER, COLORADO
80134 80138
ZIPS IN MESA, ARIZONA
85204, 85201, 85207, 85205, 85209, 85210, 85202, 85203, 85208, 85206, 14 total

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