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Elko, NV vs Myrtle Beach, SC

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- Myrtle Beach spends 5.6% less per student than Elko.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.5% lower in Myrtle Beach than in Elko. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Myrtle Beach had 7.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Elko
 Elko, NVMyrtle Beach, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,505$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,499  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,721$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5014573
 Students per Counselor587  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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Reviews for Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More

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