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St. Louis Park, MN vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 45.3% less per student than St. Louis Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.5% higher in Mesa than in St. Louis Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 7.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Louis Park
 St. Louis Park, MNMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for St. Louis Park    3 Reviews

Do your research before considering a move here. Make sure the politics and demographics are what you seek. This burb has changed dramatically in the past 10 years and  More

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Over 18 years ago

Due to the incredible amount of Fortune 500 companies in the Twin Cities, the housing market is amazingly stable. St Louis Park is a youthful suburb great for young  More

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I was born and raised in St. Louis Park, and I now live in Southeast Minneapolis, as I am a college student at the University of Minnesota. After leaving "the Park", I  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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