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Myrtle Beach, SC vs Champaign, IL

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- Champaign spends 63.6% more per student than Myrtle Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.1% lower in Champaign than in Myrtle Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 4.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Myrtle Beach
 Myrtle Beach, SCChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,111  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%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 Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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