2024 Compare Cities Education:
Meridian, ID vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Bend spends 71.6% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.5% higher in Bend than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bend had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian
 Meridian, IDBend, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$15,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$10,841$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$6,451$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8218.816.23
 Students per Librarian10316024573
 Students per Counselor430268530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%2.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.3%95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%23.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.8%9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%46.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%3.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%2.1%1.5%
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 Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 3 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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