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Mission Viejo, CA vs St. Paul, MN

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Highlights
- St. Paul spends 31.9% more per student than Mission Viejo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.2% lower in St. Paul than in Mission Viejo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. Paul had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mission Viejo
 Mission Viejo, CASt. Paul, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,143$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,276$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12124573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Mission Viejo    22 Reviews

Beautiful, but for the wealthy. If you make less than 150K, you won't be able to afford to live here. Even for Southern California, MV is off-the-chart expensive. A  More

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Over 12 years ago

Mission Viejo does not charge a business license tax for businesses located in the community and home-based businesses are allowed under current zoning laws as long as  More

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Please give me your advisese i need to know how is the best place to live near los angeles, safe, earthquakes, snakes, best schools, no racism, etc...,i don´t know  More

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Reviews for St. Paul    24 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

St Paul is a nice city to live, especially for raising a family. I am a transplant, moving here 33 years ago at the age of 26. I am self employed in the remodeling  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have lived in Minnesota my whole life and I’m 50+. As you get older the humidity is unbearable and the mosquitoes seem to get bigger?! I can count on one hand how  More

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Over 8 years ago

The MPA community is the most at home I have ever felt.  More

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