2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ladson, SC vs Orangeburg, SC

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Highlights
- Orangeburg spends 29.3% more per student than Ladson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.6% lower in Orangeburg than in Ladson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Orangeburg had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ladson
 Ladson, SCOrangeburg, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,462$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,775$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2524573
 Students per Counselor371  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock17.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Ladson    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Ladson is located in Charleston County and Dorchester County. If you have kids you must live in the Dorchester 2 school district. We moved from Charleston County to  More

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Reviews for Orangeburg    4 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I moved to Orangeburg 7 months ago from up north and have mostly learned/adapted to enjoy it. I’ll admit I was worried about the crime statistics, but there are very  More

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Over 10 years ago

Summer stars in April/May. Too many near 100 degree days. High humidity Little to do other then work. We are not church goers so meeting people is not easy. There  More

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