2025 Compare Cities Education:
Crawfordsville, IN vs Merrillville, IN

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Highlights
- Merrillville spends 14.9% less per student than Crawfordsville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.8% higher in Merrillville than in Crawfordsville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Merrillville had 4.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Crawfordsville
 Crawfordsville, INMerrillville, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,811  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,605$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4354573
 Students per Counselor3002  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Crawfordsville    3 Reviews

If you like chain stores and chain smoking, you will love it here. Almost everyone smokes, and most people reek of nicotine. They also love going to church and talking  More

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Over 11 years ago

If you love the idea of a small town then Crawfordsville Indiana is the place to be. Don't accept any malls or fancy restaurants, it is just a small town with the small  More

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Having been born and raised in Crawfordsville, I was constantly immersed in many social circles within the community. The school system is wonderful, led by a competent  More

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Reviews for Merrillville    3 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

too close to Gary with that  More

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Just thirty minuits from Chicago . Good schools. Low cost of  More

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Reasonable cost of living and fairly safe. Also close to Chitown so the cultural stuff is there. Shopping is run of the mill brand name franchises, nothing too  More

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