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Parkland, FL vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 9.9% less per student than Parkland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% lower in Mesa than in Parkland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 8.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Parkland

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 Parkland, FLMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,723$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,998$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,249$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.1918.2416.23
 Students per Librarian72123484573
 Students per Counselor366718530
 Grade School Educ.0.5%3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%5.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.3%90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.2%27.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.1%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.7%29.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.23.3%7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.1%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.5%0.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Parkland    8 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I am only 18 years old, but I have lived here for 10 years, more than half of my life. I attended Riverglades Elementary, Westglades middle, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas  More

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Over 10 years ago

Let's face it, South Florida has really gone downhill fast in the past 5-7 years. Maybe it was the economy crashing, maybe it was the influx of crazies and weirdos to  More

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Our family is from Chicago and we have been living here a year now. Our family settled in NE Parkland, which is considered the "older" section of town. I like it here!   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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85204, 85201, 85207, 85205, 85209, 85210, 85202, 85203, 85208, 85206, 14 total

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