2025 Compare Cities Education:
Brunswick, GA vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 44.4% more per student than Brunswick.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.8% lower in Carbondale than in Brunswick. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 11.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Brunswick
 Brunswick, GACarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,496  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor452  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Brunswick    12 Reviews

Moved here six years ago… A great place to live… Excellent weather and always has a gentle seabreeze… A great place for retirees… And Brunswick has an excellent tax  More

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Over 8 years ago

Hello all I have been in Brunswick for the last 13 years. Many of the reviews that are here were accurate 8, 10, or 15 years ago (when they were written). Today, we  More

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I hope to be in that area by the  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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