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Puyallup, WA vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 42.5% less per student than Puyallup.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.4% lower in Mesa than in Puyallup. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 2.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Puyallup
 Puyallup, WAMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor441  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Puyallup    10 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I moved here from FL a year and a half ago and I love Puyallup. The only other review was from someone who clearly wishes they were still in Colorado. It also seems they  More

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I just moved here from Colorado due to my job and it's definitely not what I had hoped for. It doesn't seem like a completely horrible place to live like Tacoma or other  More

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Over 11 years ago

Lived in the south Puget Sound area all my life and wouldn't live any where else. I've been to other states but this is it! Love being so close to the mountains, ocean  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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