2025 Compare Cities Education:
Myrtle Beach, SC vs Ashland, VA

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Highlights
- Ashland spends 10.3% less per student than Myrtle Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.6% higher in Ashland than in Myrtle Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ashland had 4.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Myrtle Beach
 Myrtle Beach, SCAshland, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,218$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,111  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,246$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More

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Reviews for Ashland    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Ashland Is by far the best place to live without Living In the city of richmond yes the housing is more but its safer and has THE BEST SCHOOL IN VA. My brother loves his  More

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Where to begin: With a kid in college in this town I have access to all the good and bad opinions. Have you ever heard of Homemades By Suzanne? Great Deli for eat in  More

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Ashland is built around an excellent small liberal arts college, Randolph-Macon College. The school enjoys a great reputation with both Richmond and D.C. offering  More

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