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Meridian, ID vs Tallahassee, FL

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Highlights
- Tallahassee spends 20.5% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.9% lower in Tallahassee than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tallahassee had 2.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian

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 Meridian, IDTallahassee, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$11,178$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$9,439$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$5,370$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8217.1316.23
 Students per Librarian10319184573
 Students per Counselor430527530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%4.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.3%93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%18.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.8%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%49.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%13.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%4.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%3.9%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 Tallahassee    74 Reviews

My husband and I have been here for 5 years - we are not from Florida. Tallahassee is a very livable city. It is FULL of natural beauty and trees - you are surrounded by  More

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Over 4 years ago

Tallahassee is backwards. The housing is abundant yet way overpriced. The utility bills are insane with many extra fees-much higher than average. Lots of drunk students  More

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I lived in Tallahassee from 1999 to 2002 as a college student at FSU. I was not a fan of the town back then, but now I absolutely love it. I have been living here (for  More

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ZIPS IN MERIDIAN, IDAHO
83646 83642
ZIPS IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
32303, 32304, 32312, 32309, 32301, 32308, 32311, 32305, 32310, 32317, 11 total

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