2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rapid City, SD vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 10.2% less per student than Rapid City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.7% higher in Meridian than in Rapid City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rapid City
 Rapid City, SDMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,859  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor407  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.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Rapid City    31 Reviews

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

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Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  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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