2025 Compare Cities Education:
Chandler, AZ vs Carlsbad, NM

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Highlights
- Carlsbad spends 24.3% more per student than Chandler.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.5% higher in Carlsbad than in Chandler. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carlsbad had 11.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chandler
 Chandler, AZCarlsbad, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,128$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,994$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12534573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Chandler    66 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Mesa is such a medium sized city but so big for it's size that even if you drive 20 minutes you still will be in Mesa. In West Mesa it's where all the services for  More

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As someone that has lived in Chandler nearly my whole life. I understand Chandler has it's fair share of problems in recent decades from affordability to certain areas  More

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I have grown up in Chandler for almost 25 years and left in 2012, used to live near downtown with apartments that were affordable on a minimum wage job, until i could  More

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Reviews for Carlsbad    16 Reviews

I've only been here for a few months, but I can quickly sum up this town as a rundown truck stop, perpetually buffeted by relentless wind, dirt, and hot air. The gas  More

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Over 3 years ago

We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly  More

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Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy  More

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