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Banning, CA vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 39.3% less per student than Banning.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.7% lower in Meridian than in Banning. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 17.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Banning
 Banning, CAMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Banning    9 Reviews

Small city with a very nice Mediterranean climate cool, humid winters with mildly hot dry short july-,aug hot summers similar to los Angeles climate but less humid and  More

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Over 10 years ago

while at lions park this am in banning walking my dogs, and i always pick up the dog poo as i always carry baggies on me. i had to use the porta potty as i have a lot of  More

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Over 11 years ago

I swore I would never live in Banning and here I am for 14 years now. When I moved here it had a reputation of being a crime infested ghetto with lousy schools. It was  More

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 6 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 7 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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