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Meridian, ID vs Leland, NC

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- Leland spends 39.0% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.5% lower in Leland than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Leland had 1.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian
 Meridian, IDLeland, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,898$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,165$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8104573
 Students per Counselor430  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Leland    4 Reviews

J · Apex, NC
Over 3 years ago

Possibly a 5 Star Place to live. No concerns about crime in Leland. The only reason I would not give 5 stars would be: town is still developing--so not everything is  More

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Over 11 years ago

Having grown older, I find myself increasingly intolerant of cold weather, but the type of winter weather here mimics that of my home state, Texas, and I hated it  More

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Over 17 years ago

We've been in Leland for almost 2 months now. We really like it here. We transplanted from Brevard County Florida, and we used to commute for everything at least 30  More

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