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

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- Tustin spends 9.1% more per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.0% higher in Tustin than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tustin had 10.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INTustin, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%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 Tustin    8 Reviews

There's no excitement in Tustin. Totally sleepy hollow place. Good  More

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I grew up in Tustin. The major pro is it has a small town feel with access to many choices of shops and restaurants. Don't let these negative Nancys fool you the  More

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Over 17 years ago

This is a great area for road cycling. Many streets have bike lanes, there are off-road bike paths going down to the beach, and the weather is great most of the year.   More

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