2025 Compare Cities Education:
North Charleston, SC vs Waterville, ME

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Highlights
- Waterville spends 13.7% less per student than North Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.2% lower in Waterville than in North Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Waterville had 4.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to North Charleston
 North Charleston, SCWaterville, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,335$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3194573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%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 Waterville    8 Reviews

just spend 15 years living in LA and loving it, but now I'm retired and I am priced out. staying in Maine with family. do I move to Central Maine with its myriad  More

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Over 11 years ago

I have lived here for a decade but only started looking for office space in the last few months. There are lots of affordable places  More

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Over 11 years ago

Maine in general, and Waterville in particular, have been a wonderful place to homeschool our three children. We are able to work with as much or as little interaction  More

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