2026 Compare Cities Education:
Post Falls, ID vs Mesquite, TX

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Highlights
- Mesquite spends 49.6% more per student than Post Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.7% lower in Mesquite than in Post Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesquite had 14.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Post Falls
 Post Falls, IDMesquite, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,172$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,177  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,920$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9714573
 Students per Counselor402  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Post Falls    6 Reviews

In moving here I knew about the snow. Not a matter of if but how much. What I didn't know was how windy it gets and how often. I also didn't know about the dust. It's  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved here from Seattle in 2018. Even though the population is under 40,000 it doesn't feel like small town Mayberry. The biggest mistake I see happening is the building  More

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Post Falls had great potential; too bad the city planning committee blew it! It's such a disorganized bunch of housing communities built just what looks like where ever  More

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Reviews for Mesquite    6 Reviews

The City of Mesquite, TX has a big problem with overlooking serious problems involving safety of the roads and drunk drivers. There has been numerous accidents and  More

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Over 12 years ago

Everything is soooo spaced out which I hate the most coming from the Midwest where everything is about 15-20 minutes away. I live in Mesquite which is where people with  More

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Over 17 years ago

Mesquite, TX will not even enforce their own documented travel policies against violators consisting of some former and current (2009) council and staff. Although  More

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