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Anacortes, WA vs Charleston, SC

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- Charleston spends 4.8% more per student than Anacortes.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.7% lower in Charleston than in Anacortes. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 0.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Anacortes
 Anacortes, WACharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,430  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.62  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor348  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Anacortes    5 Reviews

Living here feels like you're on an a vacation and with so many other wonderful towns and destinations nearby too there’s always somewhere to go if you want to take a  More

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Over 16 years ago

My husband and I are thinking about relocating to Anacortes. Can you update the current real estate conditions and possibly comment on the access to jobs, health-care  More

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Over 17 years ago

Your population information for Anacortes is incorrect. Population is slightly under 16,000. Build out of the city's space is approximately 20,000 which is not  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 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 5 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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