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Charleston, SC vs Half Moon Bay, CA

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- Half Moon Bay spends 6.1% more per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 53.3% higher in Half Moon Bay than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Half Moon Bay had 8.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.4%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 Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 20 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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