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Upland, CA vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Mesa spends 28.0% less per student than Upland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.8% lower in Mesa than in Upland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesa had 0.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Upland

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 Upland, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,673$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,060$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,933$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.7418.2416.23
 Students per Librarian1316623484573
 Students per Counselor531718530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%5.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.2%90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%27.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.4%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.8%29.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%0.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Upland    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Great city except during the summer months where it is getting increasingly  More

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I grew up in Upland at the tail end of the Citrus Industry. That's what basically defines the town. Greed corrupted things when City Council members in the 50's took  More

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Why I Think the Quality of Life is Good Here I have lived in this town since I was a little girl in the 60's, and have grown up here. Now 47, and never moved out  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 UPLAND, CALIFORNIA
91786 91784
ZIPS IN MESA, ARIZONA
85204, 85201, 85207, 85205, 85209, 85210, 85202, 85203, 85208, 85206, 14 total

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