2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Lowell, MA

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Highlights
- Lowell spends 68.2% more per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.8% lower in Lowell than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lowell had 16.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INLowell, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,560$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,141$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3544573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Lowell    4 Reviews

Lowell... what a city! Remember to read the plaques on each sewer reminding our residents not to wash your daily garbage down the gutters. Remember, here in Lowell,  More

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Over 17 years ago

We are in a quiet neighbor hood with modtly elderly people on our street, I have always lived in this city and I wouldn't change for any place in the U.S.A I love the  More

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Over 18 years ago

Many parts of Middlesex county have become incredibly congested and overcrowded in recent years due to immigration. Some white flight taking place in Lowell, though  More

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