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2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fairfax, VA vs Cambridge, MD

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Highlights
- Cambridge spends 3.9% more per student than Fairfax.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is % in Cambridge than in Fairfax. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cambridge had % residents who had graduated High School compared to Fairfax
 Fairfax, VACambridge, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,266$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,085  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,200$7,999
Pupil/Teacher Ratio 13.3716.23
Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 10 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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Reviews for Cambridge    5 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

This city is a white male mecca, rampant racism and sexism are to be found here. Little else. Poor schools. No jobs. Large  More

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The politics and the taxes make living in Cambridge terrible. Property values are depressed because the taxes are too high. Not enough people paying heir own way or fair  More

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Over 16 years ago

Cambridge, Maryland offers many places to own a second home or retirement location with utilities and infrastructure to support many new people. Cambridge is about  More

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