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Meridian, ID vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 84.0% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% higher in Salem than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 7.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian

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 Meridian, IDSalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$12,350$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8218.4416.23
 Students per Librarian10316454573
 Students per Counselor430353530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.3%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%25.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.8%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%30.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.4%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 Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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ZIPS IN MERIDIAN, IDAHO
83646 83642
ZIPS IN SALEM, OREGON
97301 97302 97304 97306

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