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Fayetteville, NC vs Matthews, NC

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- Matthews spends 24.7% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.6% higher in Matthews than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Matthews had 3.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, NCMatthews, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,612$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,614  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,250$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11494573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 Matthews    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Matthews is a suburb of Charlotte. It's big advantage over Charlotte is that you are on the edge of the rural areas, and it is safer. Don't expect to save any on taxes  More

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Over 19 years ago

Is there segragation in  More

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