2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Boone, NC

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Highlights
- Boone spends 19.5% less per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.9% lower in Boone than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boone had 7.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INBoone, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,275$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,728$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9694573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.2%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 Boone    15 Reviews

Not sure where they got the rents from. Maybe not updated as there is nowhere to rent in Boone. Unless a student and they are paying $1000+ for 1 bedroom/bath shared  More

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Over 11 years ago

Boone and the High Country's climate is unique to North Carolina and the Southeast. It's cool summers and snowy winters are much more comparable to places much farther  More

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The area is beautiful - living in the Blue Ridge Mountains is gorgeous. But .. the views don't pay the bills. Housing is overpriced. You are better off living  More

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