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Hutchinson, MN vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 34.9% less per student than Hutchinson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.7% higher in Meridian than in Hutchinson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 1.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hutchinson
 Hutchinson, MNMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,519  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.1  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor445  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Hutchinson    2 Reviews

This is a small town with lots of technical employment opportunities. Two major companies here are Hutchinson Technology and 3-M. It's a small town with low crime  More

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Over 19 years ago

Lots of maufacturing jobs in relation to the size of the town. The price of real estate is high in relation to the rest tof the  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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