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Raleigh, NC vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 20.1% less per student than Raleigh.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.9% higher in Meridian than in Raleigh. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 3.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Raleigh
 Raleigh, NCMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,531  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor300  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 2 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  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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