2025 Compare Cities Education:
Laurel, DE vs Charleston, SC

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- Charleston spends 9.6% more per student than Laurel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.7% lower in Charleston than in Laurel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 29.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Laurel
 Laurel, DECharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,862  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor372  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.16.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Laurel    2 Reviews

In the town of Laurel there are two properties taxes, town and country. Outside of town only has county. In town of Laurel there is city water, sewage and trash with a  More

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Laurel is place I moved to because a house was available at a time when a roof was the most important thing in my life. The people here are snooty for no reason. Jobs a  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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