2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ridgefield, WA vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 44.7% less per student than Ridgefield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.6% higher in Mesa than in Ridgefield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ridgefield
 Ridgefield, WAMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor373  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Ridgefield    3 Reviews

We have lived in Ridgefield for 16 years. Seen it grow into one of the best places to live in America - if not the best. Not far from I-15, best schools in State,  More

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Over 18 years ago

but it's gotten overrun with yuppie types. Probably what the people that lived here when I moved in thought,  More

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Moved here fifteen years ago from the Montclair area of the Bay Area. Wanted the best of San Francisco Bay Area without the traffic, over population. Less than 20  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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