2025 Compare Cities Education:
Meridian, ID vs Minneapolis, MN

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Highlights
- Minneapolis spends 108.0% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.8% lower in Minneapolis than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Minneapolis had 4.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian
 Meridian, IDMinneapolis, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,300$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,461$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7534573
 Students per Counselor430  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%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 Minneapolis    163 Reviews

Lived here since 2007. Great city. I would’ve gave it 5 stars but the winter weather ??. Great for many, I’m burned out on it. We’re the coldest major city in the US and  More

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It’s not Minnesota nice, it’s sardonic.. we know you’re full of **** but we will play along for a while, make you uncomfortable for attempting to pull one over on us..  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived in Minneapolis (or St. Paul or Stillwater) for 20 years. Minneapolis is a very livable city. It has quality museums, good transportation, excellent healthcare,  More

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