2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cumming, GA vs Lafayette, IN

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Highlights
- Lafayette spends 3.7% less per student than Cumming.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% lower in Lafayette than in Cumming. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lafayette had 10.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cumming
 Cumming, GALafayette, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,232$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,283  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6234573
 Students per Counselor442  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Cumming    9 Reviews

My family moved to the Polo Fields in Cumming in 1999 on a job transfer and moved out of the area to return to WI in 2013. I commuted to Alpharetta, about 12 miles  More

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Over 9 years ago

I am thinking of moving to georgia,cumming from phila.I wanted to know about the jobs.I am a cna.also housing and good  More

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Over 12 years ago

We moved to Cumming, GA in 2012. It's growing rapidly and has a number of housing options for families of all sizes. Cost of living here is higher than the national  More

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Reviews for Lafayette    16 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I have lived here for 12 years and in a smaller town 20 miles away for over 35 years and like the people. But crime is on the rise, more arrests lately related to people  More

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Over 13 years ago

Lafayette still has a small town atmosphere. It is a wonderful place to raise children. There is a strong sense of community. Unfotunately in recent years Lafayette has  More

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I can say I have lived in Lafayette Indiana for 25 years. I'll say that home is home...but I would honestly say in less your a college student at Purdue, I would never  More

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