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Ketchum, ID vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 38.5% less per student than Ketchum.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 59.0% higher in Mesa than in Ketchum. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 8.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ketchum
 Ketchum, IDMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,237  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.47  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor634  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.60.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Ketchum    1 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Small town life with the mountains to enjoy all four seasons. Great restaurants and shopping available though knowing where to go helps in keeping the costs reasonable.   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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