2025 Compare Cities Education:
Myrtle Beach, SC vs White Plains, NY

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- White Plains spends 150.8% more per student than Myrtle Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.8% lower in White Plains than in Myrtle Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- White Plains had 1.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Myrtle Beach
 Myrtle Beach, SCWhite Plains, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$31,362$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,111  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,180$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9324573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%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 White Plains    8 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

The city does a very good job promoting youth sports. They recently upgraded a number of sporting venues including the high school & middle school football fields &  More

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Over 17 years ago

I love living in White Plains there are many activities,reataurants and it's close to New York City.The only draw back to me is the occasional heavy and unpredictable  More

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Over 17 years ago

It's a fantastic place to live and I wish I didn't have to move, but now that I'm looking to buy my first home outside my parents house (which was bought for 122,000  More

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