2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fayetteville, NC vs Baton Rouge, LA

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Highlights
- Baton Rouge spends 45.4% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.5% higher in Baton Rouge than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Baton Rouge had 5.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, NCBaton Rouge, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,703$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,614  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,974$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7174573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%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 Baton Rouge    64 Reviews

terrible place to  More

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Over 6 years ago

I live hear so i can't say i hate it but i don't like  More

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Don't get me wrong, this is a great school filled with many great teachers. I absolutely love all of the classes I am currently in and have been in. We are taught with  More

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