2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Seaside, CA

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Highlights
- Seaside spends 9.8% more per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.5% higher in Seaside than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seaside had 18.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INSeaside, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Seaside    4 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I’ve lived in Seaside for the past 20 years and I love it. I’m a fourth generation Monterey Bay family. Seaside hands down has the best views in the Monterey Bay. It’s a  More

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Over 15 years ago

Housing in Seaside is more affordable than it was, mainly due to the bursting of the housing bubble. There are still problems, though, mainly because of the huge number  More

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Over 19 years ago

unless you went to grad school, or are already rich, don't expect to be able to get a nice house here. You'll be house-poor(not able to afford anything outside of your  More

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