2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Gulf Shores, AL

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- Gulf Shores spends 7.3% less per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.4% higher in Gulf Shores than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gulf Shores had 3.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INGulf Shores, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,183$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 Gulf Shores    6 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Owned a place there for 20 years and spend a few weeks each season there. Heading back in a few weeks! Lows: Spotty internet for work. Saturday traffic. Hurricanes.  More

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I know that there are a few people out there that would just as soon throw rotten tomatoes at me for saying what I’m about to say, but I hate, hate, HATE living in Gulf  More

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Over 14 years ago

Gulf Shores offers many sunny days, compared to the rest of Baldwin County.  More

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