2025 Compare Cities Education:
Charleston, SC vs Pleasant Hill, CA

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Highlights
- Pleasant Hill spends 19.8% less per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 72.0% higher in Pleasant Hill than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pleasant Hill had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCPleasant Hill, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock75184573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 Pleasant Hill    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

rent is expensive here but it is  More

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Over 18 years ago

Great area for families with young children. There are lots of activities and fun things to do. Love the free concerts in the summer at City  More

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