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Fayetteville, AR vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- Poughkeepsie spends 149.8% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.5% lower in Poughkeepsie than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poughkeepsie had 7.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, ARPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,895  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9054573
 Students per Counselor405  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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