2025 Compare Cities Education:
Forest Park, GA vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 7.3% less per student than Forest Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.7% higher in Mesa than in Forest Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 19.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Forest Park
 Forest Park, GAMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,253  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor427  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.15.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.8.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Forest Park    2 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Forest Park Georgia is a great place to live. It is perfected located near airport and major interstates. The schools are great and the county is  More

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I read a review stating there is a lot of crime. I have lived in Forest Park since 1971 and have never been robbed or the victim of any other crime. We are a multi  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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