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Chandler, AZ vs Merced, CA

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Highlights
- Merced spends 35.7% more per student than Chandler.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.7% higher in Merced than in Chandler. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Merced had 21.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chandler

Education
 Chandler, AZMerced, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,564$14,332$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653$12,556$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,810$7,391$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2422.216.23
 Students per Librarian234861024573
 Students per Counselor718512530
 Grade School Educ.2.7%14.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%11.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.1%74.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%23.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.1%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.6%16.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.9%4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.1%1.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Chandler    65 Reviews

As someone that has lived in Chandler nearly my whole life. I understand Chandler has it's fair share of problems in recent decades from affordability to certain areas  More

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I have grown up in Chandler for almost 25 years and left in 2012, used to live near downtown with apartments that were affordable on a minimum wage job, until i could  More

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I lived here 20 years ago, left to work in a different AZ city and returned four years ago. Unfortunately, the city is on a decline and COVID sped it up. The city is  More

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Reviews for Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Over 4 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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ZIPS IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA
85225 85224 85286 85249 85226 85248
ZIPS IN MERCED, CALIFORNIA
95340 95348 95341

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