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Bakersville, NC vs Charleston, SC

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- Charleston spends 61.3% more per student than Bakersville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.0% lower in Charleston than in Bakersville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 14.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersville
 Bakersville, NCCharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,366  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor345  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.56.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Bakersville    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

We lived in the outskirts of Bakersville, NC for six years and found that the people were very nice. However, they did not like outsiders and although everyone invites  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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