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Gallup, NM vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 41.0% less per student than Gallup.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.2% lower in Meridian than in Gallup. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 12.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Gallup
 Gallup, NMMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,250  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.22  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor453  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Gallup    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have lived in Gallup for over 20 years and find this area very interesting. The tourist just blowing through see the vagrants & general run-down appearance, turn up  More

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Over 13 years ago

Gallup NM has great places to hike around and minimal cultural diversity. I found most of the white folk ( I am caucasion) to be super red neck.. I am having a hard time  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have to argue with the so called statistics. There are 3 kinds of lies and this is one of them in my view. I am/was an ER nurse and we see the worst a society has to  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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