2025 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, VA vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 22.5% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.4% lower in Charleston than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 9.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, VACharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor272  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 4 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  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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