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Safford, AZ vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 6.7% more per student than Safford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.3% lower in Mesa than in Safford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 7.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Safford

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 Safford, AZMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,904$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,896$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,297$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.8618.2416.23
 Students per Librarian115823484573
 Students per Counselor619718530
 Grade School Educ.5.6%3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.9%5.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.84.5%90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.4%27.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.3%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.1%29.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.3.2%7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.0%0.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Safford    3 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

The newest percentage of unemployment in Graham County is 8.6 percent in mid-2012 , which is down quite a bit from 11.3 in  More

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Over 16 years ago

Safford and Graham county have only 2 seasons, summer and not summer. Too hot from june 1st through september. Allergies are a problem in this area due to dirty air and  More

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Our teachers are overwhelmed and most classes that I am aware of have at least 23 or more students. Some class sizes are reported to be above 30 per teacher. Our town  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 1 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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ZIPS IN SAFFORD, ARIZONA
85546
ZIPS IN MESA, ARIZONA
85204, 85201, 85207, 85205, 85209, 85210, 85202, 85203, 85208, 85206, 14 total

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