2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Los Angeles, CA

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Highlights
- Los Angeles spends 24.4% more per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.2% higher in Los Angeles than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Los Angeles had 20.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INLos Angeles, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%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 Los Angeles    242 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

If I could give this place negative five stars, I would. Most of the people here are a giant waste of time. They are liars, manipulators, psychopaths, and sociopaths.  More

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Timothy · 

Even with the high costs of living and the sooty air, I feel there is no other place in USA that has access to oceans and beaches, cultural and recreational  More

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Over 4 years ago

Ahhh where to begin? Long summary so bare with me. Born and raised in this ****hole, after 25 years finally getting close to be able to move state as I dreamed, as I've  More

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