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Meridian, ID vs Wake Forest, NC

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Highlights
- Wake Forest spends 25.2% more per student than Meridian.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.2% lower in Wake Forest than in Meridian. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wake Forest had 1.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Meridian

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 Meridian, IDWake Forest, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$9,531$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8215.1116.23
 Students per Librarian10318294573
 Students per Counselor430300530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%1.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.3%96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%17.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.8%10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%55.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%2.3%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 Wake Forest    5 Reviews

Im a 22 year old male from Denver Colorado.im looking to relocate and transfer for work . Colorado has high taxes and high cost of living and also to much snow during  More

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Relocating from New York City three years ago took some adjustment and once settled in Wake Forest I was able to breath a little bit easier. The pace is something you  More

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The Triangle is a great place to work and live, more reasonable than the North but more expensive than most places in the South. We live in a beautiful  More

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ZIPS IN MERIDIAN, IDAHO
83646 83642
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27587

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