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Meridian, ID vs Mountain Home, AR

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Highlights
- Mountain Home spends 5.8% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.4% lower in Mountain Home than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mountain Home had 6.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian
 Meridian, IDMountain Home, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,820$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,418$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6464573
 Students per Counselor430  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 Mountain Home    14 Reviews

As for the haters- ANYONE should know something about ANY area before they jump in- if you do not do your research and purposely spend some time in any area before  More

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I lived in Mountain Home in the 60s ,70s, and part of the 80s. The biggest mistake I ever made was leaving there. I want to go back. We have smog, dirty air, fires from  More

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Over 8 years ago

First of all, let me head off some of the arguments that usually accompany critical reviews: the people who live here are for the most part, warm, welcoming, friendly  More

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