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Raleigh, NC vs Fayetteville, NC

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- Fayetteville spends 13.0% less per student than Raleigh.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.4% lower in Fayetteville than in Raleigh. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fayetteville had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Raleigh

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 Raleigh, NCFayetteville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,618$10,111$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,531$9,614$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,316$6,015$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1114.1416.23
 Students per Librarian8295574573
 Students per Counselor300307530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%5.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.3%92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%29.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.4%27.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.7%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%1.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.5%1.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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Reviews for Fayetteville    46 Reviews

I have lived in Fayetteville for 21 years and I LOVE IT! Fayetteville is a military town and that is what brought my husband and I here originally. Since January 2000  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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