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Meridian, ID vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 66.3% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.0% higher in Fresno than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 17.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian
 Meridian, IDFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor430  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 7 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 8 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 Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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