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Carbondale, IL vs Camas, WA

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Highlights
- Camas spends 0.1% more per student than Carbondale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 47.5% higher in Camas than in Carbondale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Camas had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carbondale
 Carbondale, ILCamas, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,098$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,077  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10424573
 Students per Counselor482  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
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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Reviews for Camas    8 Reviews

Born and raised here in Washington. Moved away to San Francisco, California for a decade and just moved back. I live walking distance from downtown and love it. Huge  More

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Camas is a wonderful area which has so many beautiful trails with access to the river. The school system is superb. Prune Hill is such a wonderful place to live and walk  More

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Over 8 years ago

This town has no culture outside the high school. The downtown has scruffy mill taverns to accentuate the smelly pulp mill across the street. Housing is not  More

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