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2025 Compare Cities Education:
Harvey, LA vs Merrillville, IN

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- Merrillville spends 3.1% more per student than Harvey.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.4% lower in Merrillville than in Harvey. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Merrillville had 7.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Harvey
 Harvey, LAMerrillville, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,920  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,605$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4354573
 Students per Counselor754  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
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Reviews for Harvey    2 Reviews
macel · Gainesville, MO
Demographics Does Matter
Over 5 years ago

Deserves a Negative rating! I lived a block behind what was then called Abraham Lincoln Mercury by Manhatten & the expressway bacj in the mid 1970s. It's still the  More

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PAUL · Harvey, LA
HARVEY
Over 10 years ago

very quiet nice people usually good  More

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Reviews for Merrillville    3 Reviews
Edna · Indianapolis, IN
Nope
Over 5 years ago

too close to Gary with that  More

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Vernon · Merrillville, IN
Good place to raise a family
Over 13 years ago

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

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Abhd · Crown Point, IN
Ok place to visit but I wouldn't want to live here
Over 20 years ago

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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