2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs South Bend, IN

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Highlights
- South Bend spends 9.2% less per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.8% lower in South Bend than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Bend had 10.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INSouth Bend, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,718$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,138$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8994573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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 South Bend    25 Reviews

When it comes to standard of living, neighborhoods, safety, schools, wage earners and tax dollar contributing citizens Mishawaka hands down, will always made better  More

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Moving here is much harder than growing up here, I know from many people I've talked to. When you grow up here you learn how to interact with people, everyone will seem  More

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I’ve lived in the city for 4 years now and have honestly had a good experience so far. I live in a quite neighborhood and have had no issues with crime or violence.  More

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