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Charleston, SC vs South Pasadena, CA

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Highlights
- South Pasadena spends 7.9% less per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 69.3% higher in South Pasadena than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Pasadena had 1.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCSouth Pasadena, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.1%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 South Pasadena    6 Reviews

i grew up in south pas, i’m currently 20. this is not a good place for individual expression. the old white people will stare you down no matter what it is that you’re  More

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I lived in South Pasadena from 2000-2009 and I really took it for granted until I moved. I relocated from the Midwest and I initially lived in Culver City for about  More

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Over 16 years ago

Because of the historic nature of the neigborhoods in South Pas, it appears in many films, TV and commercials. Halloween was filmed here, as well as dozens of movies.  More

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