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Lewisburg, WV vs Merrillville, IN

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Highlights
- Merrillville spends 3.1% less per student than Lewisburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.2% higher in Merrillville than in Lewisburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Merrillville had 2.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lewisburg
 Lewisburg, WVMerrillville, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,695  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,605$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.9  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4354573
 Students per Counselor277  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Lewisburg    2 Reviews

Like most other places the crime is drama and the economy is bad. Your crime is not that bad if you could keep certain police officers off the streets. I know most of  More

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The winters here are dreary and cloudy most of the time. If you can make it through the long winter you'll be rewarded with a mild sunny  More

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Reviews for Merrillville    3 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

too close to Gary with that  More

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

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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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