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Rio Verde, AZ vs Meridian, ID

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- Meridian spends 12.2% less per student than Rio Verde.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.3% lower in Meridian than in Rio Verde. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 4.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rio Verde
 Rio Verde, AZMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Rio Verde    1 Reviews

Just moved here as “snowbirds” after 3 years of pre-retirement research into where we wanted to be. We considered all the southwestern states then visited a dozen or  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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