2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fayetteville, NC vs Rockford, IL

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Highlights
- Rockford spends 62.1% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.4% higher in Rockford than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rockford had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, NCRockford, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,393$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,614  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,283$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7954573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.2%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.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 6 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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