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Orange, TX vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 26.0% less per student than Orange.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.8% higher in Meridian than in Orange. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 6.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Orange
 Orange, TXMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,084  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.39  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor475  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Orange    2 Reviews

Over 20 years ago

if your looking for the small town life and their point of views your in heaven besides the humid weather but if you are used to a more diverse and broad minded  More

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Over 20 years ago

Hot and Humid, did I mention hot?? Spring and Fall are milder, winter, if you can call it winter is VERY mild, and the summer, well........ IT'S  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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