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North Myrtle Beach, SC vs Niagara Falls, NY

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- Niagara Falls spends 94.7% more per student than North Myrtle Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.0% lower in Niagara Falls than in North Myrtle Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Niagara Falls had 5.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to North Myrtle Beach
 North Myrtle Beach, SCNiagara Falls, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,345$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,111  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,103$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9094573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for North Myrtle Beach    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

High taxes, tolls, utilities but close to NYC. Not a good place to retire unless well to do & you have a house on the Jersey shore. Then again, that's if your house  More

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Definitely a tourist area. Not a good place to raise kids! Schools are terrible. Decent amount of crime, nothing too extreme. High accident rate. Dear god do NOT drive  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have visited this area and it is very nice. I am thinking of longer stays. The only thing I find troubling is the lower end rating for water in this area in general.  More

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Reviews for Niagara Falls    6 Reviews

Niagara Falls is a place where we are careful about saying ‘things are looking up’ because we’ve said that before and whatever big project promised falls through or just  More

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Over 16 years ago

Niagara Falls has very high crime and a steady increase in gang activity. Unemployment is very high, there is a lot of pollution and winters are too long. The falls  More

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Niagara Falls is plagued by contamination for radioactive waste and dumping, high crime high taxes and corrupt politicians. One would figure that a smaller town  More

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