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Fayetteville, NC vs Auburn, WA

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Highlights
- Auburn spends 98.5% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.0% higher in Auburn than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Auburn had 4.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, NCAuburn, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,614  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Fayetteville    46 Reviews

I have lived in Fayetteville for 21 years and I LOVE IT! Fayetteville is a military town and that is what brought my husband and I here originally. Since January 2000  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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Reviews for Auburn    9 Reviews

We lived in a big house on the West Hill of Auburn and then moved to a small rambler amid the big houses on the East Hill of Auburn. So we've lived within the city of  More

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Hello, I have lived in Auburn WA for about 8 years or so, Auburn is a great place to live, full of awesome people and awesome everyday life if you enjoy a 9-5 job and  More

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Over 11 years ago

Auburn is a very ugly, and dirty city, rain and clouds 9 months of the year. Has become really ghetto and would not recommend anyone coming here. Houses are expensive  More

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