Last Updated on January 7, 2021
Unfortunately, only 64 % of student reach high school and receive their graduation diploma. The latter fact is believed to be due to the economic struggles that the residents of the area have to survive with as an estimated percentage of 33.6% of children do live under the national poverty level.
According to some studies, children in low-income households are more prone to face struggles in school and eventually rarely continue their education.
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, Sc-Nc
Preschool enrollment: 45.1%
High school graduation rate: 71.1%
Pop. with access to areas for exercise: 65.2%
Violent crime rate: 460.7 per 100,000
This area is definitely not the right place to start a family and raise children and that’s due to the many key issues that the place is known for, including education.
This place records the lowest high school graduation rate in the country. In all metro areas, the average graduation rate reaches 84.1% while in this place it doesn’t exceed 71.1%.
And that’s in addition to the lack of entertaining spaces where children can get some physical activity which eventually influences their development and results in serious health issues such as obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes.
Pine Bluff, AR
Preschool enrollment rates: 59.9%
High school graduation rate: 83.8%
Pop. with access to areas for exercise: 48.1%
Violent crime rate: 909.1 per 100,000
The reason why you shouldn’t raise a family in this city is because of its high crime rate. In fact, statistics show that there are about 909 crimes that vary from homicide, robbery, to aggravated assaults that are reported annually per every 100,000 residents.
According to County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, living in such dangerous areas can cause the stress levels for both adults and children to raise, which in return interfere with their everyday activities.
Columbia, SC
