2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carbondale, IL vs Rogers, AR

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Highlights
- Rogers spends 33.0% less per student than Carbondale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.0% higher in Rogers than in Carbondale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rogers had 12.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carbondale
 Carbondale, ILRogers, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,785$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,077  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,621$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5144573
 Students per Counselor482  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Rogers    8 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I am looking at a house near Heritage High School. How is that area? Are there areas/streets that are to be avoided?? Thank  More

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Over 11 years ago

My husband and I moved here in Nov. 2007 and we have never looked back. We love it here! This area is beautiful in nature. The climate is great, crime is low in  More

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Over 14 years ago

The Northwest Arkansas Area has grown tremendously in the seven years I've lived here. There a number of national restaurants and shopping outlets and a few good local  More

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