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Fayetteville, NC vs Bettendorf, IA

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- Bettendorf spends 33.5% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.3% higher in Bettendorf than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bettendorf had 5.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, NCBettendorf, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,502$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,614  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,161$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5234573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 Bettendorf    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

very low crime, great schools, housing costs-a decent house for family of 5 is around  More

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We are thinking of moving to the area (Iowa). I am an NC native, although we feel the need to move out due to huge influx of newcomers in this area from the northeast  More

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Over 18 years ago

We moved to Bettendorf when our son was in elementary school based on favorable comments about the schools from several friends in similar stages in their lives. We  More

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