2025 Compare Cities Education:
Charleston, SC vs Elgin, IL

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Highlights
- Elgin spends 7.1% less per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.7% higher in Elgin than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elgin had 16.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCElgin, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,588$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,985$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13524573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Elgin    9 Reviews

When I first moved to Elgin 2 years ago I did not like it. I lived in a mobile home park near the river and highway 90 in a senior community that over prices it's lot  More

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Hi, as a way of updating the post for Elgin and providing a rebuttal for some of the negative reviews, I've decided to post on this board. I've lived in Elgin since  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have lived in Elgin my whole life and it is very sad to read these comments about my town.... I'm a senior at South Elgin High School and I will be graduating this  More

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