2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mesa, AZ vs Post Falls, ID

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Highlights
- Post Falls spends 16.7% less per student than Mesa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.8% higher in Post Falls than in Mesa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Post Falls had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mesa
 Mesa, AZPost Falls, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,065$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10634573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.9%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 Post Falls    6 Reviews

In moving here I knew about the snow. Not a matter of if but how much. What I didn't know was how windy it gets and how often. I also didn't know about the dust. It's  More

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Over 6 years ago

Moved here from Seattle in 2018. Even though the population is under 40,000 it doesn't feel like small town Mayberry. The biggest mistake I see happening is the building  More

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Post Falls had great potential; too bad the city planning committee blew it! It's such a disorganized bunch of housing communities built just what looks like where ever  More

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