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Boise City, ID vs West Lafayette, IN

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- West Lafayette spends 42.6% more per student than Boise City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.1% lower in West Lafayette than in Boise City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Lafayette had 2.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Boise City
 Boise City, IDWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,232$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6234573
 Students per Counselor430  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock14.5%1.5%
Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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Reviews for West Lafayette    11 Reviews

I am originally from Greencastle, Indiana, a nice friendly rural town and home to DePauw University. Presently, I live in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to my having been  More

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Over 11 years ago

It's a nice small town. It's too bad it's not closer to Indy. I think I would like it here  More

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Over 14 years ago

They have good schools, parks and always have events to  More

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