2025 Compare Cities Education:
Clarksville, TN vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 87.3% more per student than Clarksville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.6% lower in Carbondale than in Clarksville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 1.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Clarksville
 Clarksville, TNCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,327  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor385  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Clarksville    37 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I am 33 and have lived here all my life. It used to only be thought if as a small military town. Now things have changed. Clarksville has grown so much in the past 10  More

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Clarksville is a great place to live, it can be peaceful as you want it to be but it also has all the shopping you need. If you want high-end stores or fancier places to  More

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High crime rate Judge mental people Horrible weather Worst  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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