2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carlsbad, NM vs Fayetteville, AR

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Highlights
- Fayetteville spends 13.5% less per student than Carlsbad.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.3% lower in Fayetteville than in Carlsbad. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fayetteville had 13.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carlsbad
 Carlsbad, NMFayetteville, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,359$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,790  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,908$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.34  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4164573
 Students per Counselor1089  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.2%1.5%
Reviews for Carlsbad    16 Reviews

I've only been here for a few months, but I can quickly sum up this town as a rundown truck stop, perpetually buffeted by relentless wind, dirt, and hot air. The gas  More

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Over 3 years ago

We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly  More

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Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy  More

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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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