2025 Compare Cities Education:
Creston, IA vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 38.1% less per student than Creston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.8% higher in Meridian than in Creston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 5.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Creston
 Creston, IAMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,335  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.39  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor325  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Creston    2 Reviews

I moved here 4 years ago and have regretted it since, kids out of control lot of petty crime and drug and alcohol abuse,there are more bars in creston and can get beer  More

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Creston is your old fashioned small town, the old men don't miss a day catching up on the going's on when they're out for coffee at 5:00 am at the sale barn  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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