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Cedar Falls, IA vs Meridian, ID

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- Meridian spends 31.7% less per student than Cedar Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.3% higher in Meridian than in Cedar Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cedar Falls
 Cedar Falls, IAMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,640  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor361  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Cedar Falls    7 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

I lived in Cedar Falls while attending the University of Northern Iowa. It's a great college town. Main street is nice and there are plenty of restaurants to choose  More

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Over 12 years ago

We've lived in Cedar Falls since moving here from the great chicago land area in 2006. The school system in Cedar Falls and in Iowa in general if VERY strong.   More

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When I was preparing to moved to Cedar Falls, IA I was repeatedly met with the remark "IOWA!, what's there? corn?" But apart from the bitter winters, tornadoes, and  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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