2025 Compare Cities Education:
Myrtle Beach, SC vs Oakland, CA

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Highlights
- Oakland spends 42.2% more per student than Myrtle Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 47.9% higher in Oakland than in Myrtle Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oakland had 6.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Myrtle Beach
 Myrtle Beach, SCOakland, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,111  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%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 Oakland    38 Reviews

I move to Oakland 20yrs ago with high hopes, loved the geography of the city, the diversity is outstanding, and the charm of the older homes is wonderful. When I  More

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Over 4 years ago

Fun place to visit. Little rough is some areas- a lot to do  More

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I moved to Oakland because of its racial diversity in the early eighties although I've seen some ups and downs in this visually beautiful city, it has never been as bad  More

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