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Charleston, SC vs Pigeon Forge, TN

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- Pigeon Forge spends 34.9% less per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.8% higher in Pigeon Forge than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pigeon Forge had 23.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCPigeon Forge, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,328$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,468$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3124573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock73.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Pigeon Forge    2 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Howdy to all in TN we are planning on moving to the Pigeon Forge area in the next year or so. We are looking for a 3 bd house, but was wondering what the cost of living  More

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Over 17 years ago

I have lived in Pigeon Forge, Tn. for 11 years. This is a great place to live. The beautiful Smoky Mountains National Park is just 5 miles away and Pigeon Forge is  More

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