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Shingle Springs, CA vs Meridian, ID

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- Meridian spends 20.6% less per student than Shingle Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.1% lower in Meridian than in Shingle Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 0.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shingle Springs
 Shingle Springs, CAMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,787  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor767  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Shingle Springs    3 Reviews

Shingle Springs is a wonderful rural area to live. However, the immediate area is booming and threatening space and a rural life style. The winters are mild and great.  More

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Last summer we had more than a week of triple digits and we just can't play outside when it's that hot. But it's quiet and rural. If it weren't for the too hot too  More

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I have been here 25 years. this town had no stop lights when we first moved here. now there's 6. meaning the population is booming. positives are that you have rural  More

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 7 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 8 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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