2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fayetteville, NC vs Gardner, MA

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Highlights
- Gardner spends 95.3% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.3% lower in Gardner than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gardner had 3.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, NCGardner, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,742$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,614  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,582$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4644573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%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 Gardner    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived here since 2014 my house is up 58%, the city is improving constantly. We have a very efficient city hall, the people are helpful. Our elected officials care  More

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Over 17 years ago

There is absolutely NOTHING to do here. i am actively pursuing a move to Florida or somewhere  More

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Over 17 years ago

A city at odds with itself. Beautiful rustic spots mixed with urban blight. You want this city to succeed because of it's proud, hard working citizens. However, the  More

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