2024 Compare Cities Education:
Richland, WA vs Mount Pleasant, SC

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Highlights
- Mount Pleasant spends 1.2% more per student than Richland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.2% lower in Mount Pleasant than in Richland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mount Pleasant had 1.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richland
 Richland, WAMount Pleasant, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,710$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,056$12,188$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,955$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.9312.9116.23
 Students per Librarian11225054573
 Students per Counselor411284530
 Grade School Educ.1.5%0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%1.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.1%97.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%14.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.2%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.0%65.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.3%18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%5.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.3%2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Richland    14 Reviews

After spending almost 18 years of my life here arriving at age 36 with 2 children and leaving at 53 Richland is a horrible place to live. The medical care as a whole is  More

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Richland has grown a lot and is getting lots of retirees, it has great weather, great food not all chain restaurants, but has them also. the people are friendly, lots  More

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I have lived here a few years and it’s the worst place I’ve ever been. The “ nice weather” people refer to is 100 degree hot can’t even stand outside at 9am without  More

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Reviews for Mount Pleasant    15 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Mount Pleasant and the surrounding Charleston area has changed drastically over the years. Entirely too many people have moved here and cost of living is skyrocketing.  More

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I fell in Love with Charleston and its neighboring town over 30 years ago. The people were the nicest and most hospitable people I had ever met. Downtown Charleston  More

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Over 8 years ago

Charleston is an amazing place! I grew up there. Mt. Pleasant will be your most pretentious people. The majority of people that live there now are no originally from  More

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