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Fayetteville, AR vs Jonesboro, AR

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Highlights
- Jonesboro spends 11.5% less per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.0% higher in Jonesboro than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jonesboro had 3.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville

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 Fayetteville, ARJonesboro, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,359$10,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,895$9,449$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,908$5,566$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.0714.3516.23
 Students per Librarian4165434573
 Students per Counselor405378530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%4.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.7%91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%20.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.9%31.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.3%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%3.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.2%1.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Fayetteville    49 Reviews

We've been here for many years. And my wife grew up here. We love being part of the community. She's a teacher and I own Deck Bros. The only thing remotely negative that  More

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How this city made Sperlings top ten for midsize cities is beyond me. The crime rate for both personal and property are horrendous. Assuming because of the fairly  More

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I've lived in NWA for 15 years. I've lived in many different cities in this country. This the worst area.First of all, you can't trust many of the people. They say  More

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Reviews for Jonesboro    18 Reviews

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I have lived in Jonesboro for 25 years and have enjoyed seeing the economic growth of this community. My children are able to attend a great public school and my wife  More

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Over 4 years ago

Yikes, this is one of those places that used to have sundown town policies in place well into the 20th century. Welcome to the conservative, baptist South.  More

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Ashamed of Jonesboro! I was born and raised there back in the late 70's and 80's We never heard of killings, not much of drugs, we were able to play outside, Nettleton  More

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