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Sun Valley, ID vs Myrtle Beach, SC

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- Myrtle Beach spends 27.2% less per student than Sun Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.4% higher in Myrtle Beach than in Sun Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Myrtle Beach had 4.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sun Valley
 Sun Valley, IDMyrtle Beach, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,505$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,237  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,721$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.47  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5014573
 Students per Counselor634  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Sun Valley    5 Reviews

Young people living in Sun Valley, unless they have a trust fund can expect to have a difficult time here. The average age seems to be approx 78. Any business that is  More

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Absolutely beautiful. Nice people. Amazing skiing...all types of recreation for anyone and everyone. Summer temperatures are perfect. It's sunny more than 250 days  More

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Over 19 years ago

Winters are long, and summers can be short!!! The physcial beauty of the area is unbeatable,  More

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Reviews for Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More

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