2025 Compare Cities Education:
La Mesa, CA vs Bozeman, MT

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Highlights
- Bozeman spends 7.3% less per student than La Mesa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.3% lower in Bozeman than in La Mesa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bozeman had 5.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to La Mesa
 La Mesa, CABozeman, MTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,164$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,161  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,018$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4004573
 Students per Counselor513  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.2%1.5%
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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Reviews for Bozeman    60 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

My family is from the region, two generations back, and I spent both summers and winter holidays there with my grandparents (my parents only moved away in the 1960’s  More

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Over 4 years ago

I will love it more I keep saying they’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

Democrat transplants have turned Bozeman into a fetid rat race. It no longer looks like Montana, nor do the people there act like Montanans. Democrats are turning once  More

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