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Cambridge, MA vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 60.6% less per student than Cambridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.6% higher in Meridian than in Cambridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cambridge
 Cambridge, MAMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,196  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.99  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.80.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Cambridge    14 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Cambridge is a great place to live. It is rather expensive, but has great access to Boston, schools and hospitals. There is a lot of construction underway that can be  More

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Need info on test results on tap or drinking water quality, 02139 Green St area.  More

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Home to both Harvard and MIT, Cambridge is the cornerstone of higher education. Residents are very intelligent and open to new ideas.   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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