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Carmel, IN vs Sterling Heights, MI

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- Sterling Heights spends 4.0% less per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.8% higher in Sterling Heights than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sterling Heights had 11.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INSterling Heights, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,444$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,894$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10204573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Sterling Heights    10 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Sterling Heights is a beautiful spread out city north of Detroit, but if you want to go anywhere you will need to provide your own  More

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Appears controversial toward its punishment of Afro-American students who get in trouble at school in Sterling Heights. They seem more eager to enforce the zero  More

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Over 17 years ago

I like Sterling Heights, but overall MI needs a makeover. We're moving away as soon as we  More

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