2025 Compare Cities Education:
Troy, AL vs Greenwood, SC

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Highlights
- Greenwood spends 4.3% more per student than Troy.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.9% lower in Greenwood than in Troy. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Greenwood had 13.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Troy
 Troy, ALGreenwood, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,180$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,006  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,807$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4144573
 Students per Counselor366  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Troy    11 Reviews

I love it here. It’s quiet and you shouldn’t go by 13 year old reviews. Everything has improved for the better and I will continue to live here for many years to come.  More

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Biggest mistake of my life was moving to yorT (<—-not a typo) to take a high school teaching position there. Revolving door. I got my family out and to greener  More

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Over 13 years ago

Sadly I was born and raised in Troy Al, and I'm happy to report that I moved away 2 weeks after graduating high school. I still visit family there and growing up I knew  More

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Reviews for Greenwood    8 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Low cost of living, two colleges, Lake, and no traffic to speak of. Great Quality of life for the  More

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I had no idea that a state with such beautiful natural recourses cared so little. On the one quarter mile road from the highway to our lake house I picked up seven bags  More

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Over 13 years ago

I luv our lake house and I liv going boating but when we do the water is so murky and I feel bad for a lot of people because there are just a lot of messed up houses and  More

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