2025 Compare Cities Education:
Akron, OH vs Carson City, NV

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Highlights
- Carson City spends 45.6% less per student than Akron.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.5% higher in Carson City than in Akron. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carson City had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Akron
 Akron, OHCarson City, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,224$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,529  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.1  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21784573
 Students per Counselor347  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Akron    31 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I grew up and lived in Akron, OH for a majority of my life, with the exception of living in Panama City, FL for 8 years. The town is pretty decent, affordable utilities,  More

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Over 4 years ago

This area is completely run down. Ghetto with a capital  More

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My goodness, I had to create an account to counterbalance all the negative people. I grew up in Ellet, went to an Akron Public School, graduated with a bachelor's from  More

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Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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