2026 Compare Cities Education:
Jacksonville, TX vs Myrtle Beach, SC

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Highlights
- Myrtle Beach spends 4.4% more per student than Jacksonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.7% higher in Myrtle Beach than in Jacksonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Myrtle Beach had 32.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jacksonville
 Jacksonville, TXMyrtle Beach, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,505$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,385  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,721$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5014573
 Students per Counselor360  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Jacksonville    1 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Well let me say something here. We have lived in this city for over a year and we see crimes everywhere. Oh we do see the police. They have radar set up in non traffic  More

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Reviews for Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More

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