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Meridian, ID vs Post Falls, ID

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Highlights
- Post Falls spends 5.1% less per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.3% higher in Post Falls than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Post Falls had 2.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian

Education
 Meridian, IDPost Falls, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$8,804$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$8,177$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$5,065$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8218.9416.23
 Students per Librarian103110634573
 Students per Counselor430402530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%5.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.3%93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%32.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.8%9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%21.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%3.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%0.3%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 Post Falls    6 Reviews

In moving here I knew about the snow. Not a matter of if but how much. What I didn't know was how windy it gets and how often. I also didn't know about the dust. It's  More

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Over 5 years ago

Moved here from Seattle in 2018. Even though the population is under 40,000 it doesn't feel like small town Mayberry. The biggest mistake I see happening is the building  More

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Post Falls had great potential; too bad the city planning committee blew it! It's such a disorganized bunch of housing communities built just what looks like where ever  More

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83646 83642
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83854

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