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Oro Valley, AZ vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 1.8% less per student than Oro Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.5% higher in Mesa than in Oro Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 6.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oro Valley
 Oro Valley, AZMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,897  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.66  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor519  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  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.56.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Oro Valley    5 Reviews

Some of these reviews are so inaccurate. Rentals for a 2-bedroom are closer to $1000/mo and up if you want to live in a safer neighborhood. People here are so intolerant  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have lived here in Oro Valley for 3.8 years -love it here. however lack of cultural diversity, water and the 100+ heat each day for 3 months a year means that i am  More

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I am a retiree from New York. I moved to Tucson two years ago. Now we are about to buy a home in Oro Valley, just north of Tucson. I love this area. The mountains  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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