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Meridian, ID vs Mountain Home, ID

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Highlights
- Mountain Home spends 13.6% less per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.4% lower in Mountain Home than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mountain Home had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian

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 Meridian, IDMountain Home, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$8,018$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$7,506$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$4,533$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8217.7516.23
 Students per Librarian103111014573
 Students per Counselor430567530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%7.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.3%89.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%31.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.8%12.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%16.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%2.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%0.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 5 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 6 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    5 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

The cost of living is low in Idaho, even though the taxes are high. We definitley have 4 seasons, cold in winter and hot in  More

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I was stationed at the base in the late 60s. I am sure many things have changed. Don't remember much so can anyone tell me about bugs (mosquitoes), wind, heat, cold  More

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Over 15 years ago

We have lived here since 1991 and love it... the wind can be brutal in the spring, summers are hot and dry, and the winters can be cold and snowy and we love it... Cost  More

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