2024 Compare Cities Education:
Wheaton, IL vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 52.0% less per student than Wheaton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.8% higher in Mesa than in Wheaton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 6.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Wheaton
 Wheaton, ILMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$22,018$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,682$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,697$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4318.2416.23
 Students per Librarian70923484573
 Students per Counselor535718530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%5.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.5%90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%27.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.4%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.5%29.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.8%7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.0%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Wheaton    12 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Wheaton is a pretty safe place to live. There are few major crimes that occur each year. It scored an 80 out of 1000 on City Data information.  More

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We moved here from the fast pace of a big city in another state and immediately loved the small town feel to Wheaton. It is a very nice place to live, and there is a lot  More

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Over 15 years ago

Housing is expensive but real estate taxes are even higher. I can no longer afford to live  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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