2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, NJ vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 25.3% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.4% higher in Charleston than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, NJCharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,726  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.9  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor254  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.69.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Madison    3 Reviews

I grew up in Madison, and while I seriously appreciate what growing up in the town had to offer, it was a town that I grew out of pretty fast. Madison is small, with  More

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Over 12 years ago

Madison is  More

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Over 15 years ago

The Borough of Madison is located in Morris County. It is 23 miles by car, west of New York City and sits on the Mid-Town Direct rail line. Madison is well know for its  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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