2025 Compare Cities Education:
Huntsville, AL vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 69.4% more per student than Huntsville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.1% lower in Charleston than in Huntsville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 5.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Huntsville
 Huntsville, ALCharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,752  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor470  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Huntsville    53 Reviews

Low cost of living, and all the amenities you need within a short distance. However, the city really hasn't gone through gentrification. There isn't a "nice" part of  More

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Over 4 years ago

Everyone is always like “Huntsville is so up and coming”, which it is, but it’s forcing people out of their homes. They’ve created more jobs and places to live but not  More

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Over 4 years ago

Everyone is always like “Huntsville is so up and coming”, which it is, but it’s forcing people out of their homes. They’ve created more jobs and places to live but not  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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