2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pickens, SC vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 71.9% more per student than Pickens.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.3% lower in Charleston than in Pickens. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 12.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pickens
 Pickens, SCCharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,509  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Pickens    3 Reviews

This is from a south Orange County, lifelong Southern California girl who knows what a beautiful environment is like. Well - South Carolina made So Cal seem like such  More

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Over 10 years ago

Pickens County, SC is a wonderful place to live, work and retire but the information you're posting regarding education is inaccurate. First of all, our per pupil  More

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Over 18 years ago

Pickens is a beautiful town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As recent home buyers I very much hope Pickens continues to grow and thrive, and at the same  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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