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Charleston, SC vs Novi, MI

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Highlights
- Novi spends 19.8% less per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.8% higher in Novi than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Novi had 1.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCNovi, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,188$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%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 Novi    5 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

We moved in here in Dec'06 and bought a nice villa condo in Island Lake of Novi. It is a nice sub and enjoy living here. There are nice shopping and recreation  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spring is beautiful, mild days, cool nights; Summer can be mild to very hot with moderate to high humidity; Autumn is mild usually until the end of October; Winters can  More

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Overall, Novi is a great place for those who are looking for a city that has the advantages of a very big city (good night life, many restaurants/coffee shops/ect.,  More

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