2025 Compare Cities Education:
Charleston, SC vs Macon, GA

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Highlights
- Macon spends 16.0% less per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.7% higher in Macon than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Macon had 7.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCUnited States, GA
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%
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 Macon    23 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Macon is great, the thing I like about Macon is it's just an extension of Atlanta, like you wouldn't know the difference. The politics are the same, the people are the  More

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I moved to Macon seven years ago and have found the people to be welcoming, the restaurants wonderful, the downtown vibrant and so many activities to get involved with.   More

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Over 4 years ago

Macon is a perfect example of what Southern whites most feared in the 50-60s when there was the big push to bus blacks in to vote. The expected disaster occurred and is  More

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