2025 Compare Cities Education:
Champaign, IL vs Fayetteville, AR

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Highlights
- Fayetteville spends 44.5% less per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% higher in Fayetteville than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fayetteville had 0.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign
 Champaign, ILFayetteville, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,359$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,908$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4164573
 Students per Counselor486  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.2%1.5%
Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  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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