2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jupiter, FL vs La Mesa, CA

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Highlights
- La Mesa spends 25.7% more per student than Jupiter.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.3% higher in La Mesa than in Jupiter. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- La Mesa had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jupiter
 Jupiter, FLLa Mesa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,942  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Jupiter    18 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I love Jupiter. I grew up here and love the beaches, the people, and the amazingly underrated Riverbend Park in the Jupiter Farms area. The winters here are beautiful  More

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Having lived in South Florida my entire life I finally stumbled across Jupiter about 10 years ago. We started going to the beach on Marcinski and ultimately knew that  More

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Jupiter enjoys the enviable position of being one of the few spots in Palm Beach County where the beach is not separated from the mainland by a barrier island. It is  More

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Reviews for La Mesa    9 Reviews

The same San Diego prices and high taxes, but not the nice weather. 15 degrees hotter than the coast. Save the money and move to AZ if you like the climate in La Mesa.  More

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I now live in Wyoming but I was a third generation San Diegan, my maternal grandmother having been born on Coronado Island in 1894. If you are a new arrival to the  More

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I Need Correct Information I lived there Over 20 Years  More

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