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Jenks, OK vs Meridian, ID

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- Meridian spends 15.6% less per student than Jenks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.8% higher in Meridian than in Jenks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 3.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jenks
 Jenks, OKMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,287  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.5  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Jenks    5 Reviews

Good schools, reasonable cost of living, reasonable quality of life. Certainly one of the best spots in the entire state if you are looking for suburban quality of life  More

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Jenks is a suburb community of Tulsa, OK, so there is easy access to all that city has to offer without all the issues of crime, poor public education, unemployment,  More

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As an honors Jenks graduate that witnessed the football championship senior year and parent of children who attended Jenks Schools for 7 plus years, the attitude of  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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