2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Macon, GA

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Highlights
- Macon spends 13.6% more per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.3% lower in Macon than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Macon had 9.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INUnited States, GA
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%
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 Macon    23 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Macon is great, the thing I like about Macon is it's just an extension of Atlanta, like you wouldn't know the difference. The politics are the same, the people are the  More

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I moved to Macon seven years ago and have found the people to be welcoming, the restaurants wonderful, the downtown vibrant and so many activities to get involved with.   More

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Over 4 years ago

Macon is a perfect example of what Southern whites most feared in the 50-60s when there was the big push to bus blacks in to vote. The expected disaster occurred and is  More

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