2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carlsbad, NM vs St. George, UT

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Highlights
- St. George spends 33.2% less per student than Carlsbad.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.8% higher in St. George than in Carlsbad. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. George had 12.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carlsbad
 Carlsbad, NMSt. George, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,768$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,790  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,745$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.34  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20374573
 Students per Counselor1089  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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 St. George    75 Reviews

Very low paying jobs. Very few corporate companies you could have a career at. Very expensive housing. Very unaccepting of non mormons. A very lazy city hall that  More

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We recently moved here and this are our thoughts: - Landscape wise no doubts this is one of the most beautiful places we have been - Public spaces are very clean, well  More

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I have lived in St. George for 8 months and love it so far. I agree that there are not a lot of jobs and most have low pay so this may not be a good place if your  More

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