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Meridian, ID vs Somerset, KY

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Highlights
- Somerset spends 21.5% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.2% lower in Somerset than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Somerset had 17.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian
 Meridian, IDSomerset, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,241$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5074573
 Students per Counselor430  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Somerset    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

There is certainly a small town atmosphere here. It seems as if there is a high percentage of the population that wants to get Somerset "on the map", but they want to do  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have lived here since 1989. My family moved me here from Chicago Ill when I was 5 years old. Growing up in this place, I can tell you first hand what you children will  More

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Over 17 years ago

I wanted to post facts on somerset on my previous post because sometimes on bestplaces.net it is just opinions and those can be misleading or one-sided. So I posted  More

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