2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fayetteville, GA vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 1.4% less per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.5% higher in Birmingham than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 6.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, GABirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,624  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5474573
 Students per Counselor377  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Fayetteville    7 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I have lived in this city for 9 years with my children and experienced the worst in my lifetime. Police are not supportive. Pedestrians get hit or run over. Gardens get  More

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Over 14 years ago

Moved here with my 3 sons and husband in spring of 2009 and am really impressed with the elementary and middle school here. (Spring Hill Elem. and Bennetts Mill Middle)  More

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Over 14 years ago

Wanting to know what is the average rental rates in Fayette County.  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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