2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Buford, GA

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Highlights
- Buford spends 13.0% less per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.9% lower in Buford than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Buford had 23.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INBuford, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,190$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,621$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock74.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 Buford    5 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Lived here in Buford for 10 years. I love Buford! I never plan on leaving. Close enough to Atlanta, but far enough away also. Love the diversity in Gwinnett County! It  More

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Over 10 years ago

Buford is a great place to live because the school system is great. It's a great place to live. The only thing that if I issue is that you can get looked at if you are a  More

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As a former New Yorker (Long Island) it took a while to get used to NOT waiting on a long line when you go shopping or out to dinner or the DMV. Driving around in my  More

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