2025 Compare Cities Education:
Amherst, NY vs Greenville, SC

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Highlights
- Greenville spends 48.6% less per student than Amherst.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.4% higher in Greenville than in Amherst. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Greenville had 3.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Amherst
 Amherst, NYGreenville, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,034$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,132  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4594573
 Students per Counselor319  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Amherst    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Safe and friendly town. You are 20 minutes away from anywhere in  More

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Over 15 years ago

Amherst is a safe suburban area where you can live without having to worry about the crime that may occur in Buffalo and in parts of any city in the United  More

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Over 17 years ago

Really glad I found this site as, I haven't found it easy to find honest data on crime rate in our cities. Thanx for the service, Ada  More

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Reviews for Greenville    94 Reviews

My wife and I were prospecting Greenville, looking for work and a place to raise our son and grow our family. There's nothing inherently wrong with Greenville. The  More

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Over 3 years ago

Thinking of moving there from Fl. The country and the mountains are the only place to be. Country southerners are God's people. I just hope all the liberal devils get  More

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I have been reading all the negative reviews on Greenville on this site because, as a SC native, I was curious as to why it only had a 2 star average rating from over 90  More

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