2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fayetteville, NC vs Clayton, GA

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- Clayton spends 49.0% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.2% lower in Clayton than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Clayton had 11.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, NCClayton, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,063$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,614  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,199$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3214573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 Clayton    3 Reviews

Clayton is the largest town in mountainous Rabun County, the most northeastern part of Georgia before crossing into North Carolina. It is less than 2 hrs from Atlanta.  More

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With about 66% of the land being national forest, Rabun County is blessed to retain a small town atmosphere and not worry about being over developed. Beautiful  More

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We have lived full time in Rabun County for 12 years and part time for 31 years. It is an absolutely beautful county but it is governed by the locals and it is hard to  More

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