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Payette, ID vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 8.1% more per student than Payette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.7% lower in Meridian than in Payette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 12.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Payette

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 Payette, IDMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$8,586$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,189$8,035$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,112$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.3217.8216.23
 Students per Librarian115810314573
 Students per Counselor579430530
 Grade School Educ.7.6%1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.5%3.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.85.0%95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.3%10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.5%40.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.3.6%10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.0%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Payette    2 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Payette is has many features that are normally found in larger areas, including the following: a golf course that has been rated as one of the best in the northwest; a  More

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Over 7 years ago

Me and my wife have recently fallen in love with the mayor's mansion in Payette, which is currently for sale. We met with a real estate agent to sell our current house  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 PAYETTE, IDAHO
83661
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83646 83642

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