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Meridian, ID vs Spokane, WA

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Highlights
- Spokane spends 90.4% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.2% lower in Spokane than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Spokane had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian

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 Meridian, IDSpokane, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$17,661$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$13,157$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$8,051$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8216.5416.23
 Students per Librarian103118994573
 Students per Counselor430368530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%4.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.3%93.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%25.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.8%12.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%32.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.3%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 Spokane    146 Reviews

Lived here all of my life. I've visited enough cities to understand that Spokane could be so much better, but it falls short in many ways. Its car-oriented development  More

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Over 2 years ago

I lived in the Spokane area for 35 years. It has its positives and negatives. Be sure and pick a safe community to live in. Rural areas are rather scary. Too many  More

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I've lived in Spokane for over 5 years after moving here from the Vancouver area for a job. I miss Western Washington. Home buying: When I first moved here, you could  More

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ZIPS IN MERIDIAN, IDAHO
83646 83642
ZIPS IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON
99208, 99205, 99223, 99207, 99203, 99224, 99202, 99217, 99201, 99026, 11 total

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