2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cape Elizabeth, ME vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 40.6% less per student than Cape Elizabeth.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 59.4% higher in Mesa than in Cape Elizabeth. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 9.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cape Elizabeth
 Cape Elizabeth, MEMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Cape Elizabeth    2 Reviews

Cape Elizabeth is a lovely town, right on the Maine shoreline, and just outside the city of Portland. If you love nature and the outdoors, you will love Cape Elizabeth.  More

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Over 13 years ago

Moved to CE in 2007 and find it to be very beautiful seacoast town that includes farms, Maine coast views, great seafood and local produce, and a homey feel. The local  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 2 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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