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Broomfield, CO vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 42.6% less per student than Broomfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.8% higher in Meridian than in Broomfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Broomfield
 Broomfield, COMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.69  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor411  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.57.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Broomfield    8 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived in Broomfield for almost 25 years. We moved here to raise kids and for the schools in Boulder Valley School District (without having to live and pay for  More

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Broomfield, Colorado is a great place to live if you don’t actually want to live in a real town with character, real shops, restaurants, and a sense of community but  More

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Broomfield has all the advantages of Colorado (or around Denver), things like good weather and overall a decent economy, growing demographics, good schools, and views of  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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