2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mesa, AZ vs Toledo, OH

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Highlights
- Toledo spends 37.6% more per student than Mesa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.6% higher in Toledo than in Mesa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Toledo had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mesa
 Mesa, AZToledo, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,531$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock17234573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Toledo    50 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I am a renter and the people are cold and disrespectful to you when you are disabled and single. They want to tell you want to do.They want you to make friends when the  More

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Perfect for parents with older children. We moved to Toledo, OH from Madison, WI months before the COVID quarantine in 2020. We cross-compared possible living areas in  More

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Toledoly Terrible! People are aggressive and understanding, after you are nice enough to them for way too long. The city looks like the bad parts of Detroit but does  More

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