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Pismo Beach, CA vs Meridian, ID

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- Meridian spends 41.7% less per student than Pismo Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.6% lower in Meridian than in Pismo Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pismo Beach
 Pismo Beach, CAMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,063  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.87  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor491  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Pismo Beach    4 Reviews

It's a nice town to visit - although very touristy. Clean air - and nice sand dunes nearby. A variety of housing - but expensive. Good for seafood. I would say  More

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It's still challenging to find a good job: Diablo Canyon Nuclear plant has announced it will be closing in 9 years, so many 6-figure incomes will be going along with the  More

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Over 9 years ago

Because of fires allowed in campsites each and everyday it is very smokey and hard to  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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