2025 Compare Cities Education:
Glen Ellyn, IL vs Myrtle Beach, SC

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- Myrtle Beach spends 43.2% less per student than Glen Ellyn.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.8% higher in Myrtle Beach than in Glen Ellyn. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Myrtle Beach had 6.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Glen Ellyn
 Glen Ellyn, ILMyrtle Beach, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,505$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,682  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,721$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.43  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5014573
 Students per Counselor535  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Glen Ellyn    2 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

My husband and I moved to Glen Ellyn from Chicago in 1993 when our first child was born. One thing you should know about GE is that it is spread out and there is an "in  More

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My husband and I are life long residents of the Chicago area and have lived in Glen Ellyn since 1998. It is a comfortable, walkable, old fashion neighborhood where you  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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