2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Lansing, MI

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- Lansing spends 9.6% more per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.7% lower in Lansing than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lansing had 8.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INLansing, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,353$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,708$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Lansing    28 Reviews

I am in my fifth house in the greater Lansing area since relocating here in 1997 from the tri-city area (Midland/Bay City/Saginaw). Pros: people are friendlier here-  More

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I first moved to Lansing in the early 2000s for grad school @ MSU, went away and returned after several years. I must say, the area has improved VERY significantly  More

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This is a really nice place to live and people here are friendly there is a lot to do and a wide variety of different people and belief systems if you know where to look  More

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