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Charleston, SC vs Glen Allen, VA

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Highlights
- Glen Allen spends 32.0% less per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.8% higher in Glen Allen than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Glen Allen had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCGlen Allen, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,871$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,489$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6674573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.7%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 Glen Allen    6 Reviews

Regardless of what review you read, no matter how much money you will save, it really does not count when you know that Virginia (a Commonwealth) believes they can stomp  More

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Over 15 years ago

Glen Allen is a wonderful city to live  More

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Over 16 years ago

we have lived here for almost 24 years and found the area to be a great place to live in general and to raiser the family. there are many things to do withon 20 miles  More

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