2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Bethesda, MD

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- Bethesda spends 40.9% more per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.3% lower in Bethesda than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bethesda had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INBethesda, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,736$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,703$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4904573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock1.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock13.1%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 Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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