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Evanston, IL vs West Lafayette, IN

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- West Lafayette spends 39.6% less per student than Evanston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.8% higher in West Lafayette than in Evanston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Lafayette had 1.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Evanston
 Evanston, ILWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,232$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6234573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock14.5%1.5%
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Reviews for Evanston    20 Reviews
Dan · Poplar Grove, IL
parking scam!!
Over 6 years ago

be sure to take pictures of where you park... Full-scale parking scam going on in this town. They purposely obscure self-pay parking signs. Nine out of 10 visitors  More

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Young · Evanston, IL
Really expensive place to live with little benefi
Over 6 years ago

I've lived here for two years for school. Terrible place for students. Northwestern is a great school/campus, but the city itself is NOT student friendly. Everything  More

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Nicolas · Evanston, IL
WORST Place To Live! E-Town means no LIFE
Over 9 years ago

Aside from everything else mentioned on this site about the bad aspects of Evanston - bot be overlooked is the NOISE. The People's Republic of Evanston CATERS to the  More

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Reviews for West Lafayette    11 Reviews
Earl  · West Lafayette, IN
Community attitudes matter.
Over 10 years ago

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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Jen · West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN
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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Adriana · West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette
Over 14 years ago

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

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