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Grand Forks, ND vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 43.6% less per student than Grand Forks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.3% higher in Meridian than in Grand Forks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Forks
 Grand Forks, NDMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,451  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor318  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Grand Forks    21 Reviews

I lived here for about a year and I can't say many good things about it. I'll start with the positives, it has low crime rate and stores are all close by. Negatives  More

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Over 8 years ago

I am a black male and recently moved to the area do to a job offer. For the most part the people are friendly. However if you are black be prepared to give an  More

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Over 12 years ago

If you try to get a job here, please know that there is a strong culture of support for bullying and verbal abuse. The HR department openly supports and assists  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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