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Mountlake Terrace, WA vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 40.4% less per student than Mountlake Terrace.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% lower in Mesa than in Mountlake Terrace. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mountlake Terrace
 Mountlake Terrace, WAMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,748  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor420  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Mountlake Terrace    2 Reviews

For YOUR Information: The Now Deceased Elise Gingerich, ISN'T Who You All Thought She Was, That Used To KNOW Her, In That Mount Lake Terrace, Washington Group Care Home,  More

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Not much to review, just a nice little city with a great location north of Seattle that's hiding between Shoreline, WA and Lynnwood, WA. Mountlake Terrace has one of the  More

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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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