2025 Compare Cities Education:
Melissa, TX vs Bentonville, AR

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Highlights
- Bentonville spends 14.2% less per student than Melissa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.8% higher in Bentonville than in Melissa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bentonville had 1.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Melissa
 Melissa, TXBentonville, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,785$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,587  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,621$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5144573
 Students per Counselor405  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Melissa    3 Reviews

I have lived here since 2008. It is a growing bedroom community. The city has a low crime rate and pretty good schools. The primary entertainment is High School sporting  More

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We moved here 2 years ago and have suffered nothing but hell. If you are not a plain, vanilla, ignorant, intolerant person, do not move here!  More

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Over 17 years ago

warm to hot summer. enough cold in winter to make you appreciate  More

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Reviews for Bentonville    13 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I've lived in Bentonville for 5 1/2 years and think it's a great city for families. There are tons of activities for kids and everything seems to be geared to young  More

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Nice people but there is no consumer protection. Be careful renting or spending on high ticket items.  More

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Mindy · 

People are friendly when out and about for the most part. Lots of people from India and CA are moving here. Walmart owns and controls EVERYTHING from the police  More

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