2025 Compare Cities Education:
Myrtle Beach, SC vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Phoenix spends 15.5% less per student than Myrtle Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.8% higher in Phoenix than in Myrtle Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Phoenix had 7.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Myrtle Beach
 Myrtle Beach, SCPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,111  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Phoenix    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Over 1 years ago

Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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