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Charleston, SC vs Wilmington, DE

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Highlights
- Wilmington spends 5.5% more per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.1% higher in Wilmington than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wilmington had 7.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston

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 Charleston, SCWilmington, DEUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,933$19,973$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188$17,388$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,530$9,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.9114.0916.23
 Students per Librarian50511044573
 Students per Counselor284329530
 Grade School Educ.1.1%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%7.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.8%89.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%16.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%30.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.6%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%3.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.9%1.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 1 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 4 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 Wilmington    18 Reviews

I'm ready to get away from this whole state, once and for all! There are no real jobs here. The cost of living is getting entirely too high, as well as the crime.  More

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Over 8 years ago

can anyone offer information on the Park Plaza, 1100 Lovering Ave,  More

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When we sold our house in the burbs and downsized to a condo in Wilmington all our friends thought we were nuts. What about the crime? Well, we've been here for a year  More

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