2025 Compare Cities Education:
Laconia, NH vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 57.0% less per student than Laconia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 64.4% higher in Meridian than in Laconia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 4.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Laconia
 Laconia, NHMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,244  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor166  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Laconia    2 Reviews

I lived in Laconia NH for 24 years, born and raised. I left in 2016 because even pre pandemic the area was becoming weak from the drug epidemic, and, starting to re  More

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Friendly neighbors, plenty of restaurants, lakes, skiing, biking, hiking, canoeing and a dog park! The hospital is around the corner and there’s always a beautiful  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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