2025 Compare Cities Education:
Simpsonville, SC vs Grand Island, NY

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Highlights
- Grand Island spends 94.6% more per student than Simpsonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.9% lower in Grand Island than in Simpsonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Island had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Simpsonville
 Simpsonville, SCGrand Island, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,413$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,391  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.99  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Simpsonville    5 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I've lived in this city for 30 years and I've seen so many changes! This is a great place to live! I've owned a business in town for 10 years and I feel safe. If I have  More

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Over 11 years ago

Nice suburb of Greenville, growing in diversity and culture. Competing healthcare providers (important!). Upscale manufacturing in the area (BMW and Michelin) results  More

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Over 13 years ago

Lived in Simpsonville for 9 years. Too long. It's a dirty little town with lots of crime and police. City government is mostly dependent on traffic fines and they  More

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Reviews for Grand Island    2 Reviews

I have lived here for approximately 3 1/2 years and am originally from California (I have lived in Colorado Springs CO and Columbus GA as well). The number of days of  More

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Over 16 years ago

Grand Island lies in the Niagara River between New York and Canada. It's easy to get to Niagara Falls, Toronto(Canada), Buffalo. There is a beach and two boat docking  More

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