2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hammond, IN vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 45.0% more per student than Hammond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.0% lower in Charleston than in Hammond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 14.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hammond
 Hammond, INCharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,391  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.99  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor674  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Hammond    3 Reviews

I am a resident of the area, has been my entire life. Growing up there were parts where I was nearly ashamed to be part of this community especially in the early2000's.  More

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Over 17 years ago

Hammond Indiana is within easy commute to Chicago and the Downtown area either by car or train, offering you all the advantages of city living, but not at the city cost.  More

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Over 19 years ago

I've never lived anywhere else, but have traveled to many U. S. cities. Hammond is an average (okay, maybe less than average city). Housing is affordable, although taxes  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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