2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fair Lawn, NJ vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 53.3% less per student than Fair Lawn.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.4% higher in Raleigh than in Fair Lawn. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 4.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fair Lawn
 Fair Lawn, NJRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,950  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor304  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.60.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Fair Lawn    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Good and silent place to  More

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Over 14 years ago

I love the convenience of Fair Lawn and it's location. It's close to anything you might want or need. The New York City is only 12 miles away, and there are stores and  More

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Over 18 years ago

Access to major highways-access to NY by rail-great schools and reasonable home  More

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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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Over 2 years ago

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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