2024 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, VA vs Carmel, IN

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Highlights
- Carmel spends 9.4% less per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.2% higher in Carmel than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carmel had 12.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, VACarmel, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,456$14,006$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373$10,578$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,210$6,415$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4117.3216.23
 Students per Librarian2417934573
 Students per Counselor2721344530
 Grade School Educ.4.7%0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%1.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.7%98.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%11.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.0%5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%73.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.1%20.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%7.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%4.5%1.5%
Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 3 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  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 9 years ago

Carmel is hands down the best place to live in  More

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