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Meridian, ID vs Idaho Falls, ID

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Highlights
- Idaho Falls spends 17.9% less per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.4% higher in Idaho Falls than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Idaho Falls had 4.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian

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 Meridian, IDIdaho Falls, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$7,620$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$7,198$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$4,212$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8219.8616.23
 Students per Librarian103126464573
 Students per Counselor430456530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%5.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.3%90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%25.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.8%9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%29.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

New to the area and so far we think it's a great place to live compared to Denver, where we moved from. Quality of life is so much better here! A lot less traffic than  More

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I have been here since 2013 and have watched child after child be diagnosed with Cancer. Many of the children have been diagnosed with "rare" Cancers. It has been  More

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Over 6 years ago

It has changed a lot over the years... Crime rates are still low and people are overall still nice HOWEVER way too many people are moving to my wonderful town! All the  More

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Reviews for Idaho Falls    36 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

After escaping the liberalism in California I moved here with my family and loved the friendly folks, cleanliness, and beautiful views. Some things that I dislike is the  More

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I have lived here for about 17 years. I will admit that I have difficulty with the winter, the wind and the traffic. It seems that the traffic is constantly getting  More

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Anywhere in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah are now THEe BEST places to live. There is a reason people are flocking there...to live red, since blue has driven them out  More

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ZIPS IN MERIDIAN, IDAHO
83646 83642
ZIPS IN IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO
83401 83402 83404

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