2025 Compare Cities Education:
Charleston, SC vs Richmond, MO

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 39.9% less per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% higher in Richmond than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 9.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCRichmond, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,373$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,184$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8644573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.8%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 Richmond    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I moved here a little over a year ago with the hope that I would find a quieter community to live in than suburban Kansas City. I was wrong. Crime is running rampant  More

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Over 16 years ago

I am just bidding my time and firming up plans to get the $~!*%$# out of here. I cannot wait to leave. I have never hated living somewhere so much in my entire life!  More

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Over 16 years ago

Stay far away! The town has dried up since WalMart moved in. There is no downtown any more. The mayor is an idiot. The city council isn't much better. The police are  More

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