2025 Compare Cities Education:
Charleston, SC vs Hanford, CA

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Highlights
- Hanford spends 16.5% less per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 68.5% higher in Hanford than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hanford had 15.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCHanford, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,812$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,283$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289334573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Hanford    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Hanford is a beautiful little town to live in. The only exception is the air quality that is usually poor during 70 percent of the year. The additional spring and summer  More

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Over 19 years ago

A nice clean town. Moved here from Panama City, FL. The atmosphere in Hanford is a lot nicer than it was  More

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