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Greenville, SC vs Sunnyvale, CA

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Highlights
- Sunnyvale spends 52.9% more per student than Greenville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 44.0% higher in Sunnyvale than in Greenville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunnyvale had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Greenville
 Greenville, SCSunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,391  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.99  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.5%1.5%
Reviews for Greenville    94 Reviews

My wife and I were prospecting Greenville, looking for work and a place to raise our son and grow our family. There's nothing inherently wrong with Greenville. The  More

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Over 3 years ago

Thinking of moving there from Fl. The country and the mountains are the only place to be. Country southerners are God's people. I just hope all the liberal devils get  More

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I have been reading all the negative reviews on Greenville on this site because, as a SC native, I was curious as to why it only had a 2 star average rating from over 90  More

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Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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