2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lafayette, CO vs Albany, CA

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Highlights
- Albany spends 10.1% more per student than Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.3% higher in Albany than in Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Albany had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lafayette
 Lafayette, COAlbany, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor213  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock10.4%1.5%
Reviews for Lafayette    2 Reviews

The City of Lafayette is trying to be attractive and desirable, so that's something. Being on the outskirts of Boulder and metro Denver has the benefits of quick access  More

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can't say enough good things about Lafayette - it is next to Louisville CO which has been voted the best place to live by Money Magazine.   More

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Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 13 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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