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

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 80.1% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.6% lower in Champaign than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, ARChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,895  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor405  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
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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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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