2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Lake, CO vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 17.8% more per student than Grand Lake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.4% higher in Charleston than in Grand Lake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 4.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Lake
 Grand Lake, COCharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,975  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor184  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Grand Lake    1 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Went to Grand Lake for the first time ever while visiting Estes Park. We LOVED this little town! It’s truly a hidden gem and we will for sure be back to stay there  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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