2025 Compare Cities Education:
Schenectady, NY vs Carmel, IN

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Highlights
- Carmel spends 39.2% less per student than Schenectady.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.9% higher in Carmel than in Schenectady. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carmel had 15.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Schenectady
 Schenectady, NYCarmel, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,006$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,501  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,415$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7934573
 Students per Counselor291  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.5%1.5%
Reviews for Schenectady    4 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I have lived in Schenectady for more than two decades, not necessarily by choice up until now. The city looks like it's growing and developing downtown, which is a very  More

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Over 16 years ago

WE have been looking in Schenectady for a few years. We have stayed at the Parker INN a few times in the Presidential Suite. It has what we want. City atmosphere, but  More

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Over 17 years ago

shenectady is a great place to start businesses as well as providing affordable  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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