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Nampa, ID vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 11.8% more per student than Nampa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.6% lower in Meridian than in Nampa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 9.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Nampa

Education
 Nampa, IDMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$8,302$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,772$8,035$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,542$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.9317.8216.23
 Students per Librarian160910314573
 Students per Counselor548430530
 Grade School Educ.4.9%1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%3.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.1%95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.6%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.1%40.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.8%10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Nampa    5 Reviews

We have lived in Arizona (near Phoenix) for 20 years. We are in the process of moving to the Nampa/Caldwell area. Trust me you DO NOT want to come to Arizona for an  More

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Sales tax is one area that it hard to get used to, taxes here are probably average but I was not used to paying sales tax. After I checked it out against other states  More

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Over 14 years ago

Im sure the economy is bad everywhere, but in Nampa, i believe i read the unemployment rate is near  More

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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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ZIPS IN NAMPA, IDAHO
83686 83651 83687
ZIPS IN MERIDIAN, IDAHO
83646 83642

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