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Meridian, ID vs Price, UT

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- Price spends 18.2% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.1% higher in Price than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Price had 5.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian
 Meridian, IDPrice, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,970$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,776$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock78544573
 Students per Counselor430  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Price    3 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I just moved here from Arizona. Before that I lived in Layton and kaysville. I love it here! It's quiet, everything you need is literally minutes away. Hardly any  More

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I was here for a short time when I first came to Utah. I thought it was a nice city, with friendly people. People did wish me well, and it seemed peaceful and  More

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Over 12 years ago

A small town with all the benefits. An hour or less from almost anything you could need - shopping to boating , fishing to hiking you name it and all this with one of  More

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