2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lexington, KY vs Mesquite, TX

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Highlights
- Mesquite spends 12.1% less per student than Lexington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.4% higher in Mesquite than in Lexington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesquite had 13.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lexington
 Lexington, KYMesquite, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,172$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,138  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,920$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.47  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9714573
 Students per Counselor450  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Lexington    62 Reviews

Lexington is a beautiful city. There are tons of tree lined streets and even trees in both sides of the city's only freeway. It's relatively small, which can be both  More

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Over 4 years ago

Very beautiful/underrated city!!  More

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I have lived here now for over five years, originally from the west coast and here is my top 10 for why you should NOT move here. #1 The Culture: They have none, it  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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