2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Arlington, VA

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Highlights
- Arlington spends 68.2% more per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.5% lower in Arlington than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Arlington had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INArlington, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,553$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,028$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6444573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.8%1.5%
Reviews for Carmel    26 Reviews

I moved to Carmel from France and I lived there for 20 years. I moved to Indianapolis recently (I miss Carmel). I liked Carmel because it is clean, safe, pretty, it has  More

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This place has just about every corporate chain hotel imaginable. I come for business, and it is a nice place to do business. Carmel seems to sucking the corporate  More

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Over 10 years ago

Carmel is hands down the best place to live in  More

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Reviews for Arlington    36 Reviews

Lived here 17 years, amazing  More

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Resident for 20 years. There is nothing hidden about Arlington. It is an affluent inner suburb of DC with a highly educated, mostly professional, population. The  More

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We've lived in Arlington for the past 7 years, and have enjoyed it but would prefer a less expensive, more open area. We live in a townhouse in Rosslyn, close to the  More

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