2025 Compare Cities Education:
Brownsburg, IN vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 41.2% more per student than Brownsburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.3% lower in Carbondale than in Brownsburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Brownsburg
 Brownsburg, INCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,199  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.9  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Brownsburg    4 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Great place to raise a  More

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Brownsburg is a suburb on the west side of Indianapolis, IN. It is a quiet burb with a strong school system and strong community. The schools are ranked near the top  More

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Over 17 years ago

I've lived in central Indiana for all my life. It is a great place to grow up. Indianapolis is a well diversed city and has loads of things to do. Brownsburg is a  More

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Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 17 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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