2025 Compare Cities Education:
St. Robert, MO vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 50.5% more per student than St. Robert.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.4% lower in Carbondale than in St. Robert. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Robert
 St. Robert, MOCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,425  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.19  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor343  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for St. Robert    1 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

It can be a good place to living if businesses and housing and other stop raising their prices due to the military base. When military get more in pay, so does the rise  More

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Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 17 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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