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Marietta, OH vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 31.5% less per student than Marietta.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.4% higher in Mesa than in Marietta. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Marietta
 Marietta, OHMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,836  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor525  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Marietta    3 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Can safely go to grocery store in the  More

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Over 18 years ago

Long, gray, dreary  More

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Over 19 years ago

A nice quiet college community that is relatively crime free.Population is around 15,000. Reasonable proximity to Pittsburgh (1.5 hrs),Columbus (2hrs) and Cleveland  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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