2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Washington, DC

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Highlights
- Washington spends 116.2% more per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.7% lower in Washington than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Washington had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INWashington, DCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$30,279$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,354$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7964573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.3%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 Washington    97 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  More

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