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Myrtle Beach, SC vs Lancaster, CA

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- Lancaster spends 39.4% more per student than Myrtle Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 49.6% higher in Lancaster than in Myrtle Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lancaster had 9.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Myrtle Beach
 Myrtle Beach, SCLancaster, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,111  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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