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St. Augustine, FL vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 77.0% more per student than St. Augustine.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.6% lower in Charleston than in St. Augustine. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 1.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Augustine

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 St. Augustine, FLCharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,699$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,780$12,188$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,179$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.3412.9116.23
 Students per Librarian5455054573
 Students per Counselor433284530
 Grade School Educ.2.4%1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%3.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.6%95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%16.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.1%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.6%55.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.8%13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%4.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.6%2.9%1.5%

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Reviews for St. Augustine    24 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Great area, but in decline due to the number of tristate refugees who are moving here in droves and ruining a once charming area just like they have done in South  More

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Over 3 years ago

Completely overcrowded place to live. It takes 40 min to go 4 miles. Don't live  More

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Over 4 years ago

It's a great place to have a second home. Just remember that it's the oldest city. Beautiful beaches. - Darrell Juvay  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 1 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 4 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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