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Carbondale, IL vs Fairfax, VA

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Highlights
- Fairfax spends 7.9% less per student than Carbondale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is % in Fairfax than in Carbondale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fairfax had % residents who had graduated High School compared to Carbondale

Education
 Carbondale, ILFairfax, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,079$17,573$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,077$16,085$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,644$10,083$7,999
Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.29 16.23

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Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 16 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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