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Hollywood, FL vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 9.9% less per student than Hollywood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% lower in Mesa than in Hollywood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 2.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hollywood
 Hollywood, FLMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,998  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.19  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor366  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Hollywood    20 Reviews

Sigh...Hollywood, Florida. The city where dreams are broken. Hence the name of the 'mean street' Hollywood Boulevard of Broken Dreams. I say 'broken dreams' not just  More

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Hollywood has and is continuosly changing and growing since most of the reviews on this site, most of the reviews are many years old! Hollywood is BOOMING!! Great place  More

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Over 8 years ago

The city of Hollywood is too crowded. A lot of Spanish speakers who do not conform to city coding. Do not speak English. Do not integrate to US qualities. Trucks and  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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