2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carson City, NV vs Gary, IN

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Highlights
- Gary spends 41.5% more per student than Carson City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.0% lower in Gary than in Carson City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gary had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carson City
 Carson City, NVGary, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,679  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,605$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4354573
 Students per Counselor877  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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Reviews for Gary    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 5 years as a homeless gay drug addict, and I think this place is a real  More

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Over 10 years ago

Been here most of my life left and went to Air Force policies and elected residents are terrible not all there is a few that is really concerned but being that they say  More

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I lived in Gary in 1972 - 1976. I was just a kid but I loved Gary. My family moved to upstate NY and after college I moved to San Francisco, Ca. I will tell you this, I  More

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