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Mesa, AZ vs Quartzsite, AZ

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Highlights
- Quartzsite spends 39.2% more per student than Mesa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.5% lower in Quartzsite than in Mesa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Quartzsite had 7.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mesa
 Mesa, AZQuartzsite, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,708$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,982$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10884573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock0.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Quartzsite    3 Reviews

We moved here from southern California. We had visited a couple of Winters and enjoyed it so much. It was hot where we moved from so the heat was no surprise.   More

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Maybe parts of the Colorado River are great and the camping in the winter time is fun but the summers are the second hottest in AZ. No where to go no shopping malls, no  More

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Have been going to Quartzsite for about 15 years for the flea market and shows and things have been going downhill at this yearly event in recent years. The town has  More

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