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Kenai, AK vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 50.2% less per student than Kenai.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.2% higher in Meridian than in Kenai. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 3.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Kenai
 Kenai, AKMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,193  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.6  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor432  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.34.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Kenai    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Moving to Kenai AK August 2012, opened doors for new adventures, and fulfilling a life long dream. As a person with a disability, I spent many years attempting to  More

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So, it is Alaska and you might expect as much, but Kenai seems to have more than the average nasty weather days. This past summer has been miserable. We wear jackets at  More

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It's Alaska after all, so a person would already expect some degree of cold climate conditions. But Kenai lies close to the Cook Inlet and it's weather comes right off  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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