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Arkadelphia, AR vs North Charleston, SC

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- North Charleston spends 63.5% more per student than Arkadelphia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.3% lower in North Charleston than in Arkadelphia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- North Charleston had 7.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Arkadelphia
 Arkadelphia, ARNorth Charleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,116  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor339  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Arkadelphia    3 Reviews

I attended Henderson State University which is one of the two colleges in Arkadelphia. I came from a different town in Arkansas that had much more to do, so Arkadelphia  More

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Over 15 years ago

Arkadelphia has a water park, two or three parks, its just a few minutes to get to beautiful Lake DeGray. Hot Springs has the other things that you might want to go to  More

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Over 18 years ago

Two large Universitys dominate the town and compete with each other. In general the town is orderly and neat with a true Old South feeling. Most of the citizens are  More

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Reviews for North Charleston    7 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Truth in lending - I lived in North Charleston for 20+ years, but here's my fair assessment of an area I still consider my home. North Charleston has a great variety of  More

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I move to Charleston from Watertown NY, only move here because my husband wanted to be close to his parents, The heat is horrible, the majority of people are so rude and  More

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I recently relocated here from upstate New York. The crime is out of control at least in my personal opinion. There is a shooting/robbery/car-jacking on the news just  More

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