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Fayetteville, NC vs El Dorado, AR

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- El Dorado spends 5.3% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% lower in El Dorado than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- El Dorado had 10.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, NCEl Dorado, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,646$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,614  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,317$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4844573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 El Dorado    7 Reviews

Anonymous · 
Over 4 years ago

El dorado ain't ****. This town is boring as hell and it ain't **** to do, so everything becomes repetitive. The only thing people do here is party, and everybody know  More

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Over 5 years ago

Born and raised here. Lived all over but there’s no place as warm and welcoming as this beautiful town.  More

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Over 6 years ago

Insane crime rate. Majority population is African American  More

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