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North Charleston, SC vs Fort Dodge, IA

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Highlights
- Fort Dodge spends 22.6% less per student than North Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.9% higher in Fort Dodge than in North Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Dodge had 3.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to North Charleston

Education
 North Charleston, SCFort Dodge, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,933$14,653$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188$12,096$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,530$7,814$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.9114.8316.23
 Students per Librarian50514274573
 Students per Counselor284345530
 Grade School Educ.4.4%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.9%8.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.7%89.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%22.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.4%11.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.6%19.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.7%3.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%0.7%1.5%

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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 Fort Dodge    5 Reviews

Corrupt politicians always scheming to funnel public money to wealthy private interests, creating a welfare dependent economy that will be imploding sooner than later,  More

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Having lived here all of my life and having been involved with the community in many ways, I would not recommend that anyone move to FD at this time. About 60% of the  More

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Over 9 years ago

Before moving to the Fort Dodge area please consider other options. The city is a decaying town, streets have definitely seen better days and are filthy. There are not  More

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ZIPS IN NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
29406 29405 29418 29420 29404
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50501

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