2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, NY vs Seattle, WA

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Highlights
- Seattle spends 36.7% less per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 61.7% higher in Seattle than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seattle had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, NYSeattle, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$29,097  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Carmel    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

I left Carmel for good in 1988 and never looked back. That being said, I thought my childhood in Carmel was about as idyllic as one could hope for. Large yards in a  More

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Lived here(Carmel) eight years and love it but with the corrupt running the show this town,county,state(take your pick!)is bleeding us dry..They think an 27% property  More

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Reviews for Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

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