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Mountain House, CA vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 35.3% less per student than Mountain House.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.1% lower in Meridian than in Mountain House. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 3.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mountain House
 Mountain House, CAMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,386  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.88  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor566  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Mountain House    4 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I have lived in Mountain house for 11 years. I absolutely love it. You will not find a better sense of community anywhere. The schools are top rated, the people are  More

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Over 6 years ago

After covid 19 world i think it has proven best place to live with its price tag and awesome and diversified neighborhood with lots of parks , good rating schools. I  More

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I have lived in this area for over two years now. Relative quiet, reasonable home prices, new schools, feel of a new community.  More

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 7 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 8 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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