2025 Compare Cities Education:
Champaign, IL vs West Lafayette, IN

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Highlights
- West Lafayette spends 35.3% less per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.4% higher in West Lafayette than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Lafayette had 3.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign
 Champaign, ILWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,232$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6234573
 Students per Counselor486  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock14.5%1.5%
Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  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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