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Meridian, ID vs Oakdale, CA

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Highlights
- Oakdale spends 51.5% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.2% higher in Oakdale than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oakdale had 10.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian

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 Meridian, IDOakdale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$14,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$12,636$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$7,724$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8221.9516.23
 Students per Librarian1031467624573
 Students per Counselor430729530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%10.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.3%84.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%28.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.8%8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%20.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%5.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%0.7%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 Oakdale    3 Reviews

I have lived here for about 10 years. Except for rush hour traffic on F Street the area is relatively quiet. We are the "Gateway to Yosemite" in that both California  More

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Over 15 years ago

October through May are great months. It doesn't snow here, but the temp might drop to high 30's at night during the winter. During spring, we have some windy days with  More

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Over 17 years ago

We have lived in this community for 30 years. We have raised our children here. We like the area and the town. The town doesn't offer enough shopping but the close city  More

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ZIPS IN MERIDIAN, IDAHO
83646 83642
ZIPS IN OAKDALE, CALIFORNIA
95361

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