2025 Compare Cities Education:
Galax, VA vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 54.8% more per student than Galax.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.9% higher in Charleston than in Galax. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 21.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Galax
 Galax, VACharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,809  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor339  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Galax    5 Reviews

We moved here 8 years ago from Ohio and love it. We find the people very friendly, the climate nice, and the mountains beautiful. It isn't for everyone as there isn't  More

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Over 10 years ago

nice place to live  More

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Over 15 years ago

Bring your own job (and hopefully a few more), make friends, enlarge your cultural horizons and you will find Galax and Grayson County most agreeable. Inexpensive  More

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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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