2025 Compare Cities Education:
Great Falls, VA vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 7.7% more per student than Great Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.5% lower in Charleston than in Great Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Great Falls
 Great Falls, VACharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,085  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.52  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor273  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.83.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree10.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Great Falls    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Close to Washington, DC (so you get the benefits of a major metropolitan area), yet maintains a semi-rural character. No multi-family housing. Excellent school system.  More

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Over 18 years ago

We actually live in a small part of Great Falls that is located in Loudoun County, but this comment actually applies to the bulk of the area in Northern Virginia.   More

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Over 19 years ago

It takes way too much money out here for anyone who is just starting or trying to get a foothold in the working world. You cannot afford to live anywhere without having  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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