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Highland, CA vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 28.0% less per student than Highland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.8% lower in Mesa than in Highland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 17.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Highland
 Highland, 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.13.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Highland    4 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I've lived in Highland for about 14 years. The East Highland area, where I live, is awesome. Great weather and very nice area with affordable and nice planned  More

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Over 13 years ago

Highland is a bedroom comunity to the LA, Orange County area to the west. We are part of the Redlands School dist. and have two Jr. Colleges near by with Cal State San  More

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Over 13 years ago

Is there alot of crime in Highland? What part of the city is  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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