2025 Compare Cities Education:
Parkland, FL vs Carson City, NV

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Highlights
- Carson City spends 21.3% less per student than Parkland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.6% higher in Carson City than in Parkland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carson City had 10.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Parkland
 Parkland, FLCarson City, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,224$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,998  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.19  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21784573
 Students per Counselor366  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Parkland    8 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I am only 18 years old, but I have lived here for 10 years, more than half of my life. I attended Riverglades Elementary, Westglades middle, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas  More

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Over 11 years ago

Let's face it, South Florida has really gone downhill fast in the past 5-7 years. Maybe it was the economy crashing, maybe it was the influx of crazies and weirdos to  More

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Our family is from Chicago and we have been living here a year now. Our family settled in NE Parkland, which is considered the "older" section of town. I like it here!   More

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Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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