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Lewes, DE vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 9.6% more per student than Lewes.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.7% lower in Charleston than in Lewes. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 4.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lewes

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 Lewes, DECharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,270$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,862$12,188$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,970$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.2912.9116.23
 Students per Librarian24835054573
 Students per Counselor372284530
 Grade School Educ.4.7%1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%3.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.1%95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.8%16.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.2%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%55.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.5%13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree10.6%4.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree8.1%2.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Lewes    4 Reviews

I moved to Lewes in 2009 and it has been a great experience so far. Sussex County has the lowest property taxes in the state and Delaware has no sales tax making it a  More

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Lewes has so much to offer for retirees! It has a great library, wonderful classes for lifelong education (through the Osher Institute, affiliated with U.D.), and a town  More

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Over 14 years ago

I've lived in Lewes, Delaware practically my whole life and love it here. It’s a tight-knit community that really focuses on one another. Lewes frequently tops the  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 1 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 4 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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