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Santee, CA vs Fayetteville, AR

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- Fayetteville spends 30.6% less per student than Santee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.9% lower in Fayetteville than in Santee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fayetteville had 2.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santee
 Santee, CAFayetteville, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,359$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,161  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,908$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4164573
 Students per Counselor513  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.2%1.5%
Reviews for Santee    10 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I have lived in Santee for 36 years and the changes have been extensive. Traffic has been, and still is, a big problem. However, that's a problem in most CA towns and  More

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Over 14 years ago

San Diego in general is a very expensive place to live. Santee is less so but compared to the rest of the country we are way over  More

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Over 18 years ago

Santee has a great quality of life,low crime, good schools(some of the best schools east county has to offer), fairly short commute time, as it is fairly well central in  More

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Reviews for Fayetteville    49 Reviews

We've been here for many years. And my wife grew up here. We love being part of the community. She's a teacher and I own Deck Bros. The only thing remotely negative that  More

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How this city made Sperlings top ten for midsize cities is beyond me. The crime rate for both personal and property are horrendous. Assuming because of the fairly  More

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I've lived in NWA for 15 years. I've lived in many different cities in this country. This the worst area.First of all, you can't trust many of the people. They say  More

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