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Santaquin, UT vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 5.7% less per student than Santaquin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.1% lower in Meridian than in Santaquin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 2.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santaquin
 Santaquin, UTMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,485  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.43  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor556  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Santaquin    2 Reviews

As part of the Nebo Comfort Systems Community of Caring program, our employees go in to CS Lewis Academy in Santaquin each month to read with the kindergarten classes.  More

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Over 13 years ago

It is a small town close to work and  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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