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Charleston, SC vs El Cajon, CA

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- El Cajon spends 13.6% less per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 75.4% higher in El Cajon than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- El Cajon had 10.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCEl Cajon, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 El Cajon    10 Reviews

Stay out of East El Cajon. The people that live there don't like  More

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Housing less expensive then San Diego, wages the same. A total package of people from different backgrounds (ethnic) which is  More

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El Cajon and La Mesa are about a dozen miles east of the Pacific Ocean. Fletcher Hills, in particular, is a community within El Cajon on the boarder of La Mesa/Mt.  More

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