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Meridian, ID vs Aurora, CO

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Highlights
- Aurora spends 64.1% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% lower in Aurora than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Aurora had 8.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian

Education
 Meridian, IDAurora, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$15,228$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$12,429$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$7,402$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8217.6816.23
 Students per Librarian103117764573
 Students per Counselor430353530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%6.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%6.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.3%86.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%21.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.8%9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%31.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.1%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Aurora    40 Reviews

Used to be affordable. I lived in aurora for 5 years and it was a great because I could drive to all the cool places in Denver and elsewhere. I was priced out  More

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It is ok. Not great. It used to be worth the cost (4/5 stars). The schools are mediocre, the people are hit or miss. People born here are friendly but  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here for 10 years, and I gotta say, it's easily one of the most overpriced cities I've ever lived in. The cost of living makes it not worth it to live here,  More

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ZIPS IN MERIDIAN, IDAHO
83646 83642
ZIPS IN AURORA, COLORADO
80013, 80016, 80012, 80011, 80010, 80014, 80017, 80018, 80019, 80045, 10 total

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