2025 Compare Cities Education:
Little Rock, AR vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 40.0% more per student than Little Rock.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.4% lower in Carbondale than in Little Rock. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Little Rock
 Little Rock, ARCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,202  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor361  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Little Rock    59 Reviews

I grew up in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and moved to Little Rock in 2007. I decided to move out of state in 2014, but I definitely enjoyed my time in Little Rock. It is  More

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Little Rock is a city that I thoroughly researched before moving to, but nothing prepared me for the hills! They're even steeper than San Francisco, and they're  More

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After leaving critical reviews for a LOT of different cities, I finally found my home. Before moving to Little Rock, I had researched nearly every medium/big city in the  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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