2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Jersey City, NJ

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Highlights
- Jersey City spends 72.4% more per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.4% lower in Jersey City than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jersey City had 9.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INJersey City, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,150$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,233$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock26224573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%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 Jersey City    20 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

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Over 16 years ago

Jersey City has improved over the past 10-15 years, especially Downtown Jersey City. It has the charm of brownstone homes and the appeal of new high rise condo  More

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Over 17 years ago

I'm fairly young but I grew up in this city, and it's not that bad. Some people say it's dangerous and I beg to differ. If you come from the suburbs perhaps you may feel  More

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