2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Lakewood, OH

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Highlights
- Lakewood spends 44.0% more per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.2% higher in Lakewood than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lakewood had 3.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INLakewood, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,172$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,106$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8434573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Lakewood    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Lakewood, Ohio has the best of everything. Restaurants, small business, walkability, library, theater, schools, century homes, front porches, neighborhoods, parks, Lake  More

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Over 12 years ago

If you get a job in Cleveland, THIS IS THE PLACE TO LIVE! It has something for everybody. I was raised here and never knew anything else at this time. Once I went away  More

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Over 12 years ago

I haven't lived here, but have spent a lot of time in the area, and most certainly will move here when I finally can move back to the Cleveland area in a few years. I  More

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