2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ceres, CA vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 24.9% less per student than Ceres.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.9% lower in Mesa than in Ceres. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 21.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ceres
 Ceres, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,636  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor729  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.10.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Ceres    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

small city economy based in mix light industry, and  More

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Over 19 years ago

The San Joaquin Valley isn't what it used to be. Los Angeles & the Bay Area has moved here. The roads are falling apart, government hasn't provided for basic needs,  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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