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Charleston, SC vs Traverse City, MI

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Highlights
- Traverse City spends 33.7% less per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.3% higher in Traverse City than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Traverse City had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCTraverse City, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,554$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,361$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock31564573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%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 Traverse City    28 Reviews

Beautiful, clean, surrounded by some of the most beautiful and unpolluted nature in the nation, interesting residents from all over the world, an open-minded liberal  More

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Teri · 

Sorry I moved here homes overpriced, local people are rude. Too many rambo type personalities, pickup trucks and illiteracy Fun for about a week. Restaurants are  More

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Left in '78. Should have left sooner. If you are a snob and think you're better than any one else then maybe you can get a job teaching here. Hated it as a kid and come  More

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