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Charleston, SC vs Dunwoody, GA

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Highlights
- Dunwoody spends 24.2% less per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.3% higher in Dunwoody than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dunwoody had 0.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCDunwoody, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,356$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,024$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5664573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%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 Dunwoody    4 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I have lived here for 25 years and it really used to be a great city to live in. Unfortunately we became a city and now have our own city government which seemed to be  More

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I’ve recorded over 200 podcast episodes about the city of Dunwoody. Some of my favorite businesses are Village Orthodontics, NFA Burger, Breadwinner, and BAR{N}. This is  More

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I've lived in Atlanta and/or the Atlanta area for over 20 years. I know there are worse places than Atlanta but I also know there are better places. I am an  More

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