2026 Compare Cities Education:
Carbondale, IL vs Wasilla, AK

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Highlights
- Wasilla spends 20.2% less per student than Carbondale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 58.2% higher in Wasilla than in Carbondale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wasilla had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carbondale
 Carbondale, ILWasilla, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,230$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,077  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,979$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8124573
 Students per Counselor482  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 18 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 Wasilla    7 Reviews

I've lived in Wasilla for two years so far and I love it. I have no problems with the valley. I live about 10 minutes south of the center of town in Wasilla and bought  More

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Previously lived for many years in Eagle River, Alaska. Moved to Wasilla almost 6 years ago now. The Wasilla cityscape is littered with aging strip malls and  More

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The main reason I’m commenting is to point out a glaring error in this website’s data. School funding is not $5,700 per year as this site reports. It is likely double  More

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