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Paris, TN vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 10.9% less per student than Paris.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.2% higher in Meridian than in Paris. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 15.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Paris
 Paris, TNMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,545  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor484  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Paris    4 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Paris is such a quaint town, so pretty and the people who live here have the best hearts! It also has everything you need to live a wonderful life. Large hospital  More

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Over 11 years ago

as for cost of living paris isn't quite so bad. though it is slowly going up like everywhere as a single mother it isn't to bad. however, it is a fast growing meth city.  More

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My concerns cover various areas. The first is the fact that Paris is trying so hard to become a tourist area, which is fine. However, now and especially after it does  More

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 6 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 7 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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