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Leander, TX vs Mesquite, TX

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Highlights
- Mesquite spends 4.4% more per student than Leander.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.1% higher in Mesquite than in Leander. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesquite had 15.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Leander
 Leander, TXMesquite, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,172$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,918  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,920$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9714573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Leander    6 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Moved in from Austin five years ago. In Austin you can’t buy a house in less than $1M. Here in Leander, you can buy a house at 4000+sq.ft. with beautiful hill country  More

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Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived here for 5 1/2 yrs. property tax go’s up 10% every year. Hard to get around without using toll roads. Very republican. Ugh  More

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Over 11 years ago

A bit of that small town feel with convenient stores and  More

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Reviews for Mesquite    6 Reviews

The City of Mesquite, TX has a big problem with overlooking serious problems involving safety of the roads and drunk drivers. There has been numerous accidents and  More

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Over 11 years ago

Everything is soooo spaced out which I hate the most coming from the Midwest where everything is about 15-20 minutes away. I live in Mesquite which is where people with  More

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Over 16 years ago

Mesquite, TX will not even enforce their own documented travel policies against violators consisting of some former and current (2009) council and staff. Although  More

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