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Lebanon, MO vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 74.3% more per student than Lebanon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.9% lower in Carbondale than in Lebanon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 10.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lebanon
 Lebanon, MOCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,226  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor414  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Lebanon    11 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

It is odd that the disgruntled posters here do not reveal THEIR stellar hometowns for everyone else to scrutinize. Every town, city and state has it's unique problems.   More

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I'm a Lebanon native. Our town used to be much safer and enjoyable place to live, before people from other cities and states flocked in here for the cheaper cost of  More

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Over 16 years ago

Come on! There are plenty of cops both city and county, they are just bullies. It is a daily occurance to taz people whom are not criminals. I think they get their daily  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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