2024 Compare Cities Education:
North Charleston, SC vs Detroit, MI

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Highlights
- Detroit spends 27.3% less per student than North Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.4% higher in Detroit than in North Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Detroit had 4.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to North Charleston
 North Charleston, SCDetroit, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,933$13,771$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188$12,521$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,530$6,893$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.9117.7416.23
 Students per Librarian50514714573
 Students per Counselor284617530
 Grade School Educ.4.4%5.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.9%12.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.7%82.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%25.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.4%7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.6%16.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.7%5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%0.6%1.5%
Reviews for North Charleston    7 Reviews

Over 8 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 Detroit    116 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Have lived in the area for over a year (suburb of Grosse Pointe), but I work in downtown Detroit. I'm amazed at how cool this city is. So much to do and see, tat we  More

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Spent some time in the city but lived in multiple suburban areas in the metro area. I lived in Farmington Hills, Novi, Birmingham, and Rochester. Really, all were great.  More

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Cold, unfriendly, envious people within the city limits. The unfriendliness can turn into aggression and sometimes even bullying. Crabs in a barrel reside here and the  More

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