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Oak Lawn, IL vs Carmel, IN

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- Carmel spends 36.1% less per student than Oak Lawn.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.0% higher in Carmel than in Oak Lawn. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carmel had 10.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Lawn
 Oak Lawn, ILCarmel, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,006$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,415$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7934573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.5%1.5%
Reviews for Oak Lawn    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Have lived in Oak Lawn most of my life, and its right on the perimeter of Chicago. Actually living in Oak Lawn is basically like living in Chicago but with a smaller  More

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Over 18 years ago

I have lived here most of my life. Its a nice town central to shopping, dining, and the metra train. Its only about a 30 minute drive to down-town Chicago (not  More

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Reviews for Carmel    26 Reviews

I moved to Carmel from France and I lived there for 20 years. I moved to Indianapolis recently (I miss Carmel). I liked Carmel because it is clean, safe, pretty, it has  More

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This place has just about every corporate chain hotel imaginable. I come for business, and it is a nice place to do business. Carmel seems to sucking the corporate  More

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Over 11 years ago

Carmel is hands down the best place to live in  More

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