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

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Highlights
- Macon spends 57.3% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.8% higher in Macon than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Macon had 3.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, NCUnited States, GA
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,614  Unlock
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.14  Unlock
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.1%  Unlock
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%
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 Macon    23 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Macon is great, the thing I like about Macon is it's just an extension of Atlanta, like you wouldn't know the difference. The politics are the same, the people are the  More

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I moved to Macon seven years ago and have found the people to be welcoming, the restaurants wonderful, the downtown vibrant and so many activities to get involved with.   More

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Over 4 years ago

Macon is a perfect example of what Southern whites most feared in the 50-60s when there was the big push to bus blacks in to vote. The expected disaster occurred and is  More

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