2025 Compare Cities Education:
Charleston, SC vs Syracuse, NY

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Highlights
- Syracuse spends 29.6% more per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.5% lower in Syracuse than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Syracuse had 12.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCSyracuse, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,543$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,960$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6214573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 Syracuse    59 Reviews

I've lived in Syracuse, NY my entire life. The majority of my family and friends are from here as well. I love the Syracuse sports teams and have done so since I was a  More

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I was born 30 miles from Syracuse,, moved away to travel all over the USA, living in about 8 different cities, then came to live in Syracuse, NY. I have been here for 20  More

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I’ll start by saying I’ve lived here my whole life. I have only lived here but can’t wait to move out. I’ll lay out some pros and cons. Pros: it has a decent downtown  More

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