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Mesa, AZ vs Minden, NV

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Highlights
- Minden spends 11.7% more per student than Mesa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.1% lower in Minden than in Mesa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Minden had 8.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mesa
 Mesa, AZMinden, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,251$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5384573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 Minden    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Moved here to escape traffic and stress UNBELIEVABLE VIEWS! Love the people and quality of  More

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Over 17 years ago

We moved from Southern California (suburbs of LA) almost 3 years ago to get away from the bad traffic and too many people. We thought Northern Nevada was the perfect  More

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The Carson Valley is a beautiful place to live. Lake Tahoe 20 min. away. Snow skiing 20 min. away. Summers are great mostly in the 90s. and dry. Mountains suround the  More

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