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Richmond, CA vs Carmel, IN

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Highlights
- Carmel spends 7.8% less per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.0% lower in Carmel than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carmel had 24.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, CACarmel, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,006$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,415$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7934573
 Students per Counselor584  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.5%1.5%
Reviews for Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 5 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  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 10 years ago

Carmel is hands down the best place to live in  More

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