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Nogales, AZ vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 16.3% more per student than Nogales.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.9% lower in Mesa than in Nogales. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 33.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Nogales
 Nogales, AZMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,551  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor586  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.15.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Nogales    4 Reviews

Nogales is an excellent town to live in if you speak fluent Spanish and are a Freelancer with a decent income. It is not the kind of town where you'd want to raise a  More

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Nogales is a great town to raise a family. Small, tight-knit community with friendly people and great Mexican food pretty much anywhere in town. Being right on the  More

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Over 15 years ago

I love Nogales! it is soo awesome! it is such a unique town. it is great. sure you probably have to speak spanish everywhere you go. but you would love it if you  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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