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Rancho Mirage, CA vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 30.9% less per student than Rancho Mirage.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.9% lower in Mesa than in Rancho Mirage. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rancho Mirage
 Rancho Mirage, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Rancho Mirage    3 Reviews

There are some commendable features in the city. The roads are in much better shape than surrounding towns. The road verge along city maintained streets has an  More

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Over 9 years ago

I received my property tax bill the other day. I was surprised to see it had increased by nearly two thousand dollars. I called the county and was told that the value of  More

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We chose Rancho Mirage for its centrality in the Inland Empire. With a populaltion under 20,000, it has a small community feel. However, it is surrounded by some  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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