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Mesa, AZ vs Crescent City, CA

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Highlights
- Crescent City spends 32.0% more per student than Mesa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.9% higher in Crescent City than in Mesa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Crescent City had 27.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mesa
 Mesa, AZCrescent City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,949$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,803$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock04573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock66.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
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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Reviews for Crescent City    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Weather sucks, people here are rude, politicians government workers corrupt, drug infested town, high crime, no good housing unless you want to live in drug infested  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here 10 years and the first few years were rough getting used to the humidity and rain but over time I've grown to embrace everything about this town the  More

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Beautiful scenery and good hiking and camping. Swimmingly and rafting in rivers is fun. Trees of mystery is pretty fun too. However the town is pretty seedy and  More

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