2025 Compare Cities Education:
Minnetonka, MN vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 1.9% less per student than Minnetonka.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.7% lower in Charleston than in Minnetonka. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Minnetonka
 Minnetonka, MNCharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Minnetonka    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Moving from Southern California to Minnetonka, MN the thing we noticed most was the country living envirnoment even though you are living within the city. There are no  More

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Over 16 years ago

Minnetonka, MN was a quiet and nice place to raise a  More

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Over 19 years ago

You can't beat Lake Minnetonka in the  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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