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Visalia, CA vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Meridian spends 36.7% less per student than Visalia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.1% lower in Meridian than in Visalia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Meridian had 10.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Visalia

Education
 Visalia, CAMeridian, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,667$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,754$8,035$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,603$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.0317.8216.23
 Students per Librarian9445310314573
 Students per Counselor640430530
 Grade School Educ.7.5%1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%3.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.0%95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.9%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.4%10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.0%40.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.4%10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.3%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Visalia    27 Reviews

I've lived in the city of Visalia for 3 years now. Relocated to accommodate a territory sales job. If I were allowed, I'd go w. a 3 1/2 Star rating. If not for the  More

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Quite possibly the most miserable city/town I have lived in. Why?: * Air quality is toxic and dangerous from a combination of intensive agricultural farming and diesel  More

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So Visalia's NE, NW, SW, and Downtown are nice areas. The worst part of town is north of Houston between Dinuba BLVD and Ben Maddox. Here you will see lots of  More

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 5 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 6 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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ZIPS IN VISALIA, CALIFORNIA
93291 93277 93292
ZIPS IN MERIDIAN, IDAHO
83646 83642

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