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Florence, AL vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 68.0% more per student than Florence.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.0% lower in Carbondale than in Florence. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 6.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Florence
 Florence, ALCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,311  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor349  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Florence    8 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I am a 41 yr old female in search of a new life. I am not running I amj ust trying to find myself some happiness and I would like to know what I can rent there to make  More

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Over 15 years ago

A few years ago, while i was still living in Florence, the local newspaper did an article abt why the young educated people were leaving Florence. In my early 20's as i  More

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Over 16 years ago

we will relocate to Alabama, Muscle Shoals, Florence, Sheffield area.We would like a nice town to live in, where our two kids can grow up and would not cost us a  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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