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Yakima, WA vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 15.8% more per student than Yakima.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.8% lower in Charleston than in Yakima. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 26.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Yakima
 Yakima, WACharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,566  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.66  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor432  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Yakima    12 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Overall we've enjoyed our stay in Yakima after several years and plan on being here for several more, at least. The spring and summer here are just unreal compared to  More

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Over 9 years ago

I may be relocating to Yakima, WA for a professional position at a local university. I have never lived in this part of the country as I am from the East Coast. I have  More

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Yakima is situated in the high desert, eastern elevations of the Cascade Mountain Range. Coming from the humid, eastern parts of the country, I was amazed at how  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

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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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 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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