2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Collins, CO vs West Lafayette, IN

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Highlights
- West Lafayette spends 7.7% less per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.0% lower in West Lafayette than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Lafayette had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,232$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6234573
 Students per Counselor173  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock14.5%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying  More

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My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times  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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