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Sun Valley, ID vs Meridian, ID

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- Meridian spends 46.0% less per student than Sun Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 55.4% higher in Meridian than in Sun Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sun Valley
 Sun Valley, IDMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,237  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.47  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor634  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.7.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Sun Valley    5 Reviews

Young people living in Sun Valley, unless they have a trust fund can expect to have a difficult time here. The average age seems to be approx 78. Any business that is  More

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Absolutely beautiful. Nice people. Amazing skiing...all types of recreation for anyone and everyone. Summer temperatures are perfect. It's sunny more than 250 days  More

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Over 19 years ago

Winters are long, and summers can be short!!! The physcial beauty of the area is unbeatable,  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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