2025 Compare Cities Education:
New Albany, IN vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 38.3% more per student than New Albany.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.2% lower in Carbondale than in New Albany. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 8.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New Albany
 New Albany, INCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor12097  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.2%  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.22.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for New Albany    2 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I've lived in New Albany Indiana nearly six years. This town is one of the friendliest I have ever lived in. People are almost always helpful and good. Life  More

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Over 18 years ago

Many 100+ year old homes, not much to do there, close to to the Ohio River, pretty bad for allergy suffers. Schools not good. Excise tax on auto is paid every year and  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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