2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Prospect, KY

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Highlights
- Prospect spends 11.5% more per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.5% lower in Prospect than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Prospect had 1.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INProspect, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,769$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4674573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.0%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 Prospect    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Although housing is more expensive than most other cities in Kentucky, as are the real estate taxes it is worth it for the piece of mind and the great schools. Otherwise  More

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Quick response to what was posted. I would say her post is inaccurate except for the part about taxes. People are friendlier and more laid back than the people up  More

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Everything is relative as the saying goes, but we transplanted here from Germantown, TN (which we loved)to Prospect, KY (suburb of Louisville). We find the people are  More

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