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Fayetteville, NC vs Gaithersburg, MD

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- Gaithersburg spends 95.2% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% lower in Gaithersburg than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gaithersburg had 4.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, NCGaithersburg, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,736$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,614  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,703$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4904573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.4%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 Gaithersburg    10 Reviews

We recently sold our family home of 20+ years in Potomac, MD and moved just down the road to Gaithersburg. We have nothing but good things to say about the people  More

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Over 10 years ago

The city of Gaithersburg offers all of the employment opportunities of being within commuting range of D.C. without the congestion. Homes are more affordable and you  More

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The state has the potential to be a great place to live ... but that 'Reality’ is just slipping away. The current leadership has done a really bang-up job creating so  More

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