2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mesquite, NV vs Hillsboro, OR

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Highlights
- Hillsboro spends 73.7% more per student than Mesquite.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.0% lower in Hillsboro than in Mesquite. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hillsboro had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mesquite
 Mesquite, NVHillsboro, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,498  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor450  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
Reviews for Mesquite    13 Reviews

Here's my take on Mesquite. I have a home in Orange County, CA and since 2005, a 2nd (vacation) home in St. George. We have spent much time in Mesquite. My daughter  More

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The rudest, most vile people I have ever met. We were considering retiring here but no way!! Bad drivers, no affordable housing, poor medical care (we would have to  More

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My husband and I visited Mesquite around Christmas as it had been suggested to us as a place to retire, but the impression we had was that retirees are a very large part  More

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Reviews for Hillsboro    10 Reviews

Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the  More

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We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in  More

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