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Myrtle Beach, SC vs St. Simons, GA

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Highlights
- St. Simons spends 5.7% more per student than Myrtle Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.6% higher in St. Simons than in Myrtle Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. Simons had 6.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Myrtle Beach

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 Myrtle Beach, SCSt. Simons, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,505$13,217$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,111$11,496$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,721$7,409$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.6115.7216.23
 Students per Librarian5014844573
 Students per Counselor357452530
 Grade School Educ.3.0%1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%1.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.5%96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%16.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.5%8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%54.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.5%14.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%5.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%2.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More

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Reviews for St. Simons    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

nice place with a cute downtown. nice winter but summer are a way too humide and the nat bugs are very bad; they eat eat you to bone!!! the wages are low and not much to  More

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Over 18 years ago

It is beautiful, with the tree-lined streets and sunny beaches but it is also a very crazy place. Living on an island does something to people; it's as if all anyone  More

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Over 18 years ago

St. Simons is a beautiful little southern island. Real estate is over priced and the variety of people is low. It is a wonderful place to raise your children and to  More

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29577 29568 29572
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