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Charleston, SC vs Bernardsville, NJ

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Highlights
- Bernardsville spends 24.5% more per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.9% lower in Bernardsville than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bernardsville had 1.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCBernardsville, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,575$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,279$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock1.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
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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Reviews for Bernardsville    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Tick borne illness is very high in my area. There is also a very high incidence of  More

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Over 16 years ago

Very expensive - high property taxes, lots of frills in the schools, NJ as a state has a huge deficit, so high taxes  More

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Over 17 years ago

Bernardsville, New Jersey is a charming town with population of 7,345 that has a semi-rural and suburban character. Bernardsville is located 35 west of New York City  More

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