2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Palo Alto, CA

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Highlights
- Palo Alto spends 31.4% more per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.7% higher in Palo Alto than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palo Alto had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INPalo Alto, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock30.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock16.0%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 Palo Alto    8 Reviews

The Bay Area in general, but Palo Alto specifically provides many of the qualities sought by many; the climate is beautiful, there is access to cultural and recreational  More

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Over 17 years ago

Very  More

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Over 18 years ago

VTA and SamsTrans and Caltrain all provide good service and most times frequency of service is  More

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