2025 Compare Cities Education:
Wheaton, IL vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 13.3% less per student than Wheaton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.5% lower in Carbondale than in Wheaton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 1.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Wheaton
 Wheaton, ILCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,682  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.43  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor535  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Wheaton    12 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Wheaton is a pretty safe place to live. There are few major crimes that occur each year. It scored an 80 out of 1000 on City Data information.  More

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We moved here from the fast pace of a big city in another state and immediately loved the small town feel to Wheaton. It is a very nice place to live, and there is a lot  More

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Over 16 years ago

Housing is expensive but real estate taxes are even higher. I can no longer afford to live  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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