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Charleston, SC vs Yorktown, VA

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Highlights
- Yorktown spends 31.4% less per student than Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.4% higher in Yorktown than in Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Yorktown had 4.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Charleston
 Charleston, SCYorktown, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,987$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,839$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2854573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock100.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock40.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.9%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 Yorktown    4 Reviews

Economy here is mixed. Zoning is a poorly planned mix of hidden business and houses on the main roads with mixed older dilapidated housing next door to larger, newer  More

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York County, VA offers some of the best schools in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Children tend to score much higher on standardized tests and the graduation rate is higher  More

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Over 14 years ago

The temp's here are wonderful during the spring and fall. They stay around the high 60's to low 80's. The summer's are pretty hot when you factor in the humidity, the  More

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