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Powder Springs, GA vs Myrtle Beach, SC

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Highlights
- Myrtle Beach spends 9.9% less per student than Powder Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.0% higher in Myrtle Beach than in Powder Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Myrtle Beach had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Powder Springs

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 Powder Springs, GAMyrtle Beach, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,877$12,505$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,675$11,111$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,686$6,721$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4714.6116.23
 Students per Librarian5375014573
 Students per Counselor376357530
 Grade School Educ.3.7%3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%6.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.0%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%20.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.1%10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.0%30.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.3%6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.2%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Powder Springs    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I have spent over a decade living in Powder Springs and if you take anything from my review let it be it's a great place to live if you have money and are Caucasian but  More

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Over 18 years ago

Too many cars, too few direct routes, too few left turn lanes. The traffic here is bad just about all the time, not just "rush hour". Going to the YMCA can be a  More

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Over 19 years ago

Powder Springs is great! It's a wonderful place to raise a family. Good schools, incredibly cheap housing, cute, with an old-south charm. The people are remarkably  More

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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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30127
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29577 29568 29572

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