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Lakewood, WA vs Fayetteville, NC

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Highlights
- Fayetteville spends 44.9% less per student than Lakewood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.3% lower in Fayetteville than in Lakewood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fayetteville had 4.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lakewood
 Lakewood, WAFayetteville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,111$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,015$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5574573
 Students per Counselor441  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Lakewood    7 Reviews

Historically, Lakewood has had a bad reputation for being a crime ridden city, but since its incorporation in 1996 it has seen a transformation. Many of its roads have  More

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Over 7 years ago

Lakewood is the worst city in the state. With a murder rate that has grown upwards of 20 people a year, to the home invasions that happen every day in the city, don’t  More

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Over 16 years ago

lakewood(chocolate city, lakeview, eastside,tillicum/woodbrook,lakecity) all crime drug and gang filled areas. very high murder rate for a suburb..and there are way too  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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