2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fayetteville, NC vs Durham, NC

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Highlights
- Durham spends 14.8% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.0% higher in Durham than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Durham had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, NCDurham, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,612$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,614  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,938$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8084573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%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 Durham    43 Reviews

I was raised in this city, left for work in the 2010s, and returned in 2018. This city has changed a lot over the years for the better. Growing up there was not a ton to  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in durham for a few years and my experience is coming from someone who has traveled all over the world and has lived in many different states. First things  More

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Over 4 years ago

I live here for my entire life and it has never gotten boring, I love the scenery, nightlife and basically everything here. There is always something new to do and  More

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