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Royal Palm Beach, FL vs Charleston, SC

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- Charleston spends 45.4% more per student than Royal Palm Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.2% lower in Charleston than in Royal Palm Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 5.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Royal Palm Beach
 Royal Palm Beach, FLCharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,942  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
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Reviews for Royal Palm Beach    8 Reviews
Terri · West Palm Beach, FL
crime
Over 14 years ago

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KC · West Palm Beach, FL
Live here yes or no
Over 16 years ago

Royal Palm does have many nice areas to live. However the neighboring cities of West Palm and Lake Worth certainly push alot of crime to the area. The public school  More

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tom · West Palm Beach, FL
Easy living
Over 16 years ago

Royal palm Beach is a quiet family town with excelent weather 7 months of the year. Some excitment in the spring-hurricaine  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews
Robin · Charleston, SC
Fabulous
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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Carmen · Upper East Side, NY
Frightening rate of medical malpractice.
Over 4 years ago

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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fran · Isle of Palms, SC
Paradise lost!
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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