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Meridian, ID vs Commerce City, CO

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Highlights
- Commerce City spends 59.9% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% higher in Commerce City than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Commerce City had 12.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian
 Meridian, IDCommerce City, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor430  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
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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Reviews for Commerce City    3 Reviews

I've lived here for 12 years. Back then the houses were priced right, you could get a nice smaller house for under 100k. Right now the prices are outrageous, like  More

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I recently moved to Commerce City, specifically the Reunion/Buffalo Mesa area. I love it here - it's a great family community with a wide variety of ethnicities. There  More

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Shacks, Blue collar trash, and crime. Add in traffic, oil refineries, and the smell of fresh pretrol with a truck stop and there you have Commerce City. The name speaks  More

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