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2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fairfax, VA vs Cottage City, MD

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Highlights
- Cottage City spends 0.2% more per student than Fairfax.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is % in Cottage City than in Fairfax. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cottage City had % residents who had graduated High School compared to Fairfax
 Fairfax, VACottage City, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,603$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,085  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,718$7,999
Pupil/Teacher Ratio 13.8916.23
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 Cottage City    1 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I've lived in this city for a long time and its adorable, quaint and full of artistic people from all walks of life. This is an off the beaten path city that has its  More

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