2025 Compare Cities Education:
Orangeburg, SC vs Elk Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Elk Grove spends 5.4% more per student than Orangeburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 52.0% higher in Elk Grove than in Orangeburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elk Grove had 6.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Orangeburg
 Orangeburg, SCElk Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,586  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor241  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Orangeburg    4 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I moved to Orangeburg 7 months ago from up north and have mostly learned/adapted to enjoy it. I’ll admit I was worried about the crime statistics, but there are very  More

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Over 10 years ago

Summer stars in April/May. Too many near 100 degree days. High humidity Little to do other then work. We are not church goers so meeting people is not easy. There  More

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Reviews for Elk Grove    15 Reviews

I grew up in the area around Elk Grove and it was a very small rural town up to the year 2000. We moved to ELk grove in 2009 and commuted to work in Sacramento. At  More

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Elk Grove is a very diverse city. A long time ago it use to be very white. Now the white population is about 40%, then next majority race are Asian, then Hispanic,  More

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Over 11 years ago

Our neighborhood is o.k. but it is expensive to live here and the air is oppressive during the summer when it gets hot for a week or more. Days over 95 and nights of 75.  More

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