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Ocean Shores, WA vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 13.9% more per student than Ocean Shores.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.2% lower in Charleston than in Ocean Shores. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 6.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ocean Shores
 Ocean Shores, WACharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor424  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Ocean Shores    7 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

We are going on our 3rd year in OS. We love the small town feel, the low stress and feeling of safety. This is all for the winter months mind you. In the summer, it is a  More

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Over 10 years ago

Wonderful beach town.... we're going into our second year and I disagree with the grocery store comments and the weather. Yes, it rains or drizzles on occasion, but the  More

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We invested in Ocean Shores as a second home to spend our weekends after the work week stress. I'm also a property manager that works in Washington, Oregon and  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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