2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carlsbad, NM vs Merrillville, IN

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Highlights
- Merrillville spends 0.6% less per student than Carlsbad.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.4% lower in Merrillville than in Carlsbad. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Merrillville had 8.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carlsbad
 Carlsbad, NMMerrillville, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,790  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,605$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.34  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4354573
 Students per Counselor1089  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Carlsbad    16 Reviews

I've only been here for a few months, but I can quickly sum up this town as a rundown truck stop, perpetually buffeted by relentless wind, dirt, and hot air. The gas  More

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Over 3 years ago

We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly  More

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Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy  More

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Reviews for Merrillville    3 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

too close to Gary with that  More

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Just thirty minuits from Chicago . Good schools. Low cost of  More

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Reasonable cost of living and fairly safe. Also close to Chitown so the cultural stuff is there. Shopping is run of the mill brand name franchises, nothing too  More

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