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Meridian, ID vs Parker, CO

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Highlights
- Parker spends 36.9% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.1% lower in Parker than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Parker had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian

Education
 Meridian, IDParker, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$12,699$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$10,748$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$6,132$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8217.6216.23
 Students per Librarian10319144573
 Students per Counselor430279530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%1.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.3%96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.8%9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%52.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%15.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.0%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 Parker    28 Reviews

I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here over 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small  More

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I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small CITY but  More

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Over 3 years ago

This is my 15th year in Parker, CO. Very nice initially. VERY EXPENSIVE to buy a home now. I rented all this time and despite making over $100,000 per year, cannot  More

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ZIPS IN MERIDIAN, IDAHO
83646 83642
ZIPS IN PARKER, COLORADO
80134 80138

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