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Tehachapi, CA vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 39.0% less per student than Tehachapi.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.3% lower in Meridian than in Tehachapi. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 18.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tehachapi

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 Tehachapi, CAMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,207$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833$8,035$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,403$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.6317.8216.23
 Students per Librarian3529910314573
 Students per Counselor764430530
 Grade School Educ.5.6%1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.8%3.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.80.6%95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.6%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.6%10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.9%40.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.1%10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Tehachapi    8 Reviews

We moved out of the Los Angeles/Orange County area to escape the traffic. When we moved to bear Valley Springs (about 15 miles outside of Tehachapi) there was literally  More

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Over 6 years ago

I lived here for over 18 years before moving away and still don't miss this town. This town is great for the elderly and young families but not great for teens and young  More

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Tehachapi is a Mountain Community in the southern part of the Sierra Nevada between the Central Valley (Bakersfield) and the Antelope Valley (Mojave, Palmdale,  More

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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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ZIPS IN TEHACHAPI, CALIFORNIA
93561
ZIPS IN MERIDIAN, IDAHO
83646 83642

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