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

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 28.0% less per student than Chino.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.8% lower in Mesa than in Chino. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 10.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Chino
 Chino, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,060  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor531  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Chino    11 Reviews

I have lived in Chino my whole life, and planned on retiring here one day, until about 10 years ago. Boy did this city change almost overnight. It used to be a safe,  More

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I have lived in Chino my whole life, and planned on retiring here one day, until about 10 years ago. Boy did this city change almost overnight. It used to be a safe,  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have been living in chino since 2010, we bought out first home and now we plan on staying here til we grow old and see all of our grandkids take over watching us, my  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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