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2025 Compare Cities Education:
Decatur, TX vs Mesquite, TX

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- Mesquite spends 12.9% more per student than Decatur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.0% higher in Mesquite than in Decatur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesquite had 9.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Decatur
 Decatur, TXMesquite, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,172$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,496  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,920$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.52  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9714573
 Students per Counselor420  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
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Reviews for Decatur    2 Reviews
Dee · Decatur, TX
Unwelcoming
Over 15 years ago

Very clannish and closed  More

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suzanne · St. Petersburg, FL
Very nice and quiet...........
Over 17 years ago

I live for 15 years in Decatur and then moved to Florida 6 years ago. I hate Florida and desperately miss the friendly, gentle people in Decatur. It is very quiet with  More

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Reviews for Mesquite    6 Reviews
Andrea · Mesquite, TX
City of Mesquite has no regard for resident safety
Over 6 years ago

The City of Mesquite, TX has a big problem with overlooking serious problems involving safety of the roads and drunk drivers. There has been numerous accidents and  More

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Patrice · Mesquite, TX
Too far of a distance!!
Over 11 years ago

Everything is soooo spaced out which I hate the most coming from the Midwest where everything is about 15-20 minutes away. I live in Mesquite which is where people with  More

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David  · Mesquite, TX
Mesquite - Who Cares?
Over 16 years ago

Mesquite, TX will not even enforce their own documented travel policies against violators consisting of some former and current (2009) council and staff. Although  More

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