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Orlando, FL vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 49.1% more per student than Orlando.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.3% lower in Charleston than in Orlando. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 4.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Orlando

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 Orlando, FLCharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,701$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,437$12,188$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,931$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2812.9116.23
 Students per Librarian11485054573
 Students per Counselor508284530
 Grade School Educ.3.2%1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.2%3.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.6%95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.8%16.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.5%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.1%55.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.3%13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%4.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.7%2.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Orlando    237 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I made the decision to move to Orlando when I was 20. My father was a contractor so by then I'd lived in many different states & countries so I have a unique  More

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I have lived and worked in the Orlando area for more than 10 years. I really wish I could give Orlando two ratings because half the year it is wonderful and other half  More

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Over 2 years ago

I have lived in Orlando for 6 years. The environment, living costs, and housing costs are good. There are many fun places around Orlando. It's a good place to live in  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 4 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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