2024 Compare Cities Education:
Brea, CA vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 30.9% less per student than Brea.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.4% lower in Mesa than in Brea. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 3.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Brea
 Brea, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,277$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,037$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.2118.2416.23
 Students per Librarian1638323484573
 Students per Counselor595718530
 Grade School Educ.3.0%3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%5.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.4%90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%27.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.5%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.5%29.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.6%7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Brea    10 Reviews

I have lived in Orange County and Los Angeles County for over 20 years. The cost of living has prompted 3 friends to move to the Central Valley, Oregon and Washington  More

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Over 11 years ago

I loved living here in Brea, CA for over 17 years. It is a great community. For being a small north Orange County city it has a lot to offer. Schools are really  More

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Great city in N. Orange County. Affordable with lots of  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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