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Milton, FL vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 78.8% more per student than Milton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.4% lower in Charleston than in Milton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 10.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Milton
 Milton, FLCharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,952  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor440  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Milton    3 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

the recent collapse of the housing market has made the situation in the job market very dismal. there are some IT jobs thru clearwire that are new tho. If you think you  More

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My experience as a "newcomer" to the Milton area found welcoming business owners, Pensacola Junior College employees, county employees at many offices, and workers at  More

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Over 20 years ago

Very "born and raised", "born again" town. Not friendly to newcomers. Better if you belong to a Fundamentalist/Evangelical church. Otherwise, acceptance into the  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 3 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 6 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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