2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mesa, AZ vs Oklahoma City, OK

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Highlights
- Oklahoma City spends 5.2% less per student than Mesa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.3% higher in Oklahoma City than in Mesa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oklahoma City had 3.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mesa
 Mesa, AZOklahoma City, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,014$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,964$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5614573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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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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 Oklahoma City    78 Reviews

Very high tornado risk  More

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I have lived in this state for 6 months. There are a couple of things to bear in mind when it comes to OK. If you are moving from a state that has been destroyed by  More

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We moved here after living in Oregon our whole lives. Been here for 6 months and live in a middle class neighborhood. If I'm out front of the house someone was always  More

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