2025 Compare Cities Education:
Guntersville, AL vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 81.0% more per student than Guntersville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.3% lower in Carbondale than in Guntersville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 10.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Guntersville
 Guntersville, ALCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,817  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Guntersville    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Retired here a year ago, what a great place. We have lived in the country and in the city in 5 different states and another country and this is the best deal you will  More

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Over 17 years ago

My wife and I have lived in another country and five different states in the USA. We have now lived in this area for a year and love it more every day.We have retired  More

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Over 19 years ago

...the politics are still very much "good Ol'  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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