2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mount Vernon, WA vs Carlsbad, NM

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Highlights
- Carlsbad spends 27.4% less per student than Mount Vernon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% higher in Carlsbad than in Mount Vernon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carlsbad had 5.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mount Vernon
 Mount Vernon, WACarlsbad, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,128$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,430  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,994$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.62  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12534573
 Students per Counselor348  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Mount Vernon    6 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I'm sure it has its flaws, but what stands with me is that everyone whom i meet here is *so polite!* .. People smile and wave you through in traffic. They speak to you  More

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Over 10 years ago

Very little available on starter home price  More

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Over 11 years ago

It rains here a lot. We joke that when the forecast says a 50% chance of rain that it will rain 50% of the day. However, when the sun shines it is beautiful. It is  More

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Reviews for Carlsbad    16 Reviews

I've only been here for a few months, but I can quickly sum up this town as a rundown truck stop, perpetually buffeted by relentless wind, dirt, and hot air. The gas  More

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Over 3 years ago

We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly  More

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Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy  More

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