2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carbondale, IL vs Carbon Hill, AL

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Highlights
- Carbon Hill spends 41.7% less per student than Carbondale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 44.0% higher in Carbon Hill than in Carbondale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbon Hill had 23.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carbondale
 Carbondale, ILCarbon Hill, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,114$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,077  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,799$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4564573
 Students per Counselor482  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock18.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock72.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Carbon Hill    3 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

This place is utterly amazing if your into the great southern american lifestyle. a railroad, its safe, and friendly. A great place to  More

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Over 6 years ago

The mayor of this town just suggested killing gay people and immigrants as the only way to avoid facing the future where everyone is treated fairly and with respect.  More

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This place has elected a bigot. If you are not a white straight male with blonde hair, blue eyes and agree that only you’re type should have a good life....I’d keep  More

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