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Meridian, ID vs Richmond, KY

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 16.5% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.1% lower in Richmond than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 7.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian

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 Meridian, IDRichmond, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$10,810$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$9,886$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$6,003$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8215.3116.23
 Students per Librarian10316064573
 Students per Counselor430527530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%7.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.3%88.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%20.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.8%9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%34.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%9.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%3.1%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 Richmond    4 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Keep this between us... Richmond is a hidden gem. A small university town close to a large city (Lexington is 30 minutes away) and less than two hour from very large  More

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For a smallish town, Richmond offers a convenient location and great small restaurants. Fortunately it is also wedged between Lexington and little Berea, both with more  More

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Over 15 years ago

Major university town of small size (30,000), and conveniently located 30 miles from Lexington,  More

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ZIPS IN MERIDIAN, IDAHO
83646 83642
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40475

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