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Carbondale, IL vs Newark, DE

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Highlights
- Newark spends 4.7% more per student than Carbondale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.6% higher in Newark than in Carbondale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newark had 2.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carbondale

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 Carbondale, ILNewark, DEUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,079$19,973$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,077$17,388$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,644$9,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.2914.0916.23
 Students per Librarian124011044573
 Students per Counselor482329530
 Grade School Educ.1.9%1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%1.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.7%96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%17.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.9%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%55.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.17.3%17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.5%9.4%1.5%

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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 16 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 Newark    8 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Generally, Delaware public schools are dreadful. Most people that can afford it choose to invest in their child or children by sending them anywhere but to a Delaware  More

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I have lived in Newark for 27 years. My great-grandmother owned the Windy Hills development when it was a farm, and my father even grew up in the same house that I did.  More

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I am thinking of moving to Newark, but wanted to know if commuting to Philly is possible, especially outside of 9-5 hours. I see PATCO runs to Newark, but I don't know  More

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