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Charleston, SC vs Dothan, AL

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Highlights
- Dothan spends 38.8% less per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 55.5% higher in Dothan than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dothan had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCDothan, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,594$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,709$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6534573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Dothan    25 Reviews

This is my 3rd (maybe 4th) year living in dothan, and it is AMAZING!! I hear people say "the traffic is horrible" but it really is not. sure the traffic sometimes is  More

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Over 4 years ago

I grew up here. I will sum it up like this: the best decision I ever made was to move away from Dothan 20 years ago and the worst decision I ever made was to move back  More

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Over 4 years ago

I grew up in this horrible nothing city living here until in my early thirties and I left 20 years ago. I hated this place everyday and was so glad I left, it was the  More

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