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Fayetteville, NC vs Mount Vernon, NY

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Highlights
- Mount Vernon spends 210.2% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.9% lower in Mount Vernon than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mount Vernon had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, NCMount Vernon, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$31,362$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,614  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,180$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9324573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Mount Vernon    6 Reviews

I may be taking a job in Mt. Vernon, however my real work is as a painter. If I take the job I see myself in a house share with one or two others, nice view, trees and a  More

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Over 13 years ago

Mount Vernon is a small but growing multicultural urban community in south Westchester County, NY. It's residents range in socioeconomic status, backgrounds, and  More

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Over 15 years ago

Lying just outide The Bronx, Mount Vernon is a NYC dream. In a short twenty-eight minute train ride, you will find yourself in Mid-Town Manhattan. Taxes here, however,  More

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