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Hailey, ID vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 46.0% less per student than Hailey.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 55.4% higher in Meridian than in Hailey. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 13.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hailey

Education
 Hailey, IDMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,172$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,237$8,035$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,483$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.4717.8216.23
 Students per Librarian52610314573
 Students per Counselor634430530
 Grade School Educ.5.8%1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%3.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.6%95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.7%10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.4%40.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.7%10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.2%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Hailey    3 Reviews

Great place to live, next store to world famous ski resort Sun Valley Idaho. Due to the closeness of Hailey to Sun Valley, the cost of living is considerably more than  More

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Grew up in Hailey and left after the age of 24. Returned 20 years later to find that our little valley had been taken over by people only interested in money and  More

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Over 12 years ago

Hailey sits in a long narrow valley that runs north-south in the mountains of south central Idaho. Theres a town above (Ketchum/Sun Valley) and a town below   More

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 5 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 6 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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ZIPS IN HAILEY, IDAHO
83333
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83646 83642

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