2025 Compare Cities Education:
Charleston, SC vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 0.8% more per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% lower in Carbondale than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 1.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 17 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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