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Garfield, NJ vs Fayetteville, NC

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Highlights
- Fayetteville spends 59.4% less per student than Garfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.6% higher in Fayetteville than in Garfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fayetteville had 8.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Garfield
 Garfield, NJFayetteville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,111$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,950  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,015$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5574573
 Students per Counselor304  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Garfield    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Garfield used to be a really great town to live in. It's been at a constant rate of decline for the past 20 years. It seems it keeps getting worse and worse every year.  More

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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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