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Paradise Valley, AZ vs Mesa, AZ

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- Mesa spends 0.0% less per student than Paradise Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Mesa than in Paradise Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 8.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Paradise Valley
 Paradise Valley, AZMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.71.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree16.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Paradise Valley    1 Reviews

In addition to some of the best climate, other than months of mid June through mid October, we have many hiking, tennis, and golf opportunities. Sky Harbor airport is  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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