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Meridian, ID vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Monica spends 87.9% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.7% higher in Santa Monica than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Monica had 1.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian
 Meridian, IDSanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor430  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%1.5%
Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 6 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 7 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 Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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