2024 Compare Cities Education:
Mesa, AZ vs Tigard, OR

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Highlights
- Tigard spends 88.4% more per student than Mesa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.2% lower in Tigard than in Mesa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tigard had 4.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mesa
 Mesa, AZTigard, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,564$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653$12,222$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,810$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2418.2116.23
 Students per Librarian23488094573
 Students per Counselor718251530
 Grade School Educ.3.9%2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%2.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.4%94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.5%23.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.4%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.5%46.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.3%12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%1.7%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 1 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 Tigard    4 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I have lived in Tigard for more than 10 years. It is about 15-20 minutes away from Portland, and has some nice neighborhoods. That being said, housing is expensive,  More

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Statistics are one thing, reality is more important. Living in Tigard, OR is hellish. The weather is horrible - rain, mud, algae, sleet, hail pretty much most of the  More

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Over 13 years ago

Tigard is conveniently located to the major highways, a little slower pace of life, and the west side of the Portland metro area has better weather. The city is  More

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