2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Lompoc, CA

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- Lompoc spends 19.3% more per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.3% higher in Lompoc than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lompoc had 25.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INLompoc, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock14.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock73.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Lompoc    27 Reviews

I grew up as a child in Lompoc in the 1960's. It was small town of about 18k with crime and shootings virtually unheard of. Dad sold his home on Third Street in 1995  More

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I lived in this town for 7 years. It's a horrible trap! Over 1/3 of the town is on probation, Close to half of the town addicted to Meth, Heroin of Crack Cocaine (yes  More

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Moved here from Philly two years ago and have no regrets. You do not need air conditioning, the weather very rarely is warmer than 75 degrees. You can easily find a nice  More

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