2025 Compare Cities Education:
North Charleston, SC vs Decatur, IL

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Highlights
- Decatur spends 23.6% less per student than North Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.5% higher in Decatur than in North Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Decatur had 3.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to North Charleston
 North Charleston, SCDecatur, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,460$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,704$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock37214573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for North Charleston    7 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Truth in lending - I lived in North Charleston for 20+ years, but here's my fair assessment of an area I still consider my home. North Charleston has a great variety of  More

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I move to Charleston from Watertown NY, only move here because my husband wanted to be close to his parents, The heat is horrible, the majority of people are so rude and  More

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I recently relocated here from upstate New York. The crime is out of control at least in my personal opinion. There is a shooting/robbery/car-jacking on the news just  More

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 14 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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