2025 Compare Cities Education:
North Charleston, SC vs Newark, NJ

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Highlights
- Newark spends 39.7% more per student than North Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.7% higher in Newark than in North Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newark had 11.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to North Charleston
 North Charleston, SCNewark, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$26,449$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,580$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12374573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock77.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 Newark    26 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Newark is straight garbage.  More

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Newark's Ironbound is extremely dangerous, there is a lot of crime, the police are just good at hiding it. It usually doesn't happen on Ferry St., but does 1/2 block  More

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Over 12 years ago

I have worked and lived in Newark for 20 years. I raised 3 children. Two of my children went on to college, graudated with Accountant Degree and the other one in  More

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