2025 Compare Cities Education:
Media, PA vs Lafayette, CO

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Highlights
- Lafayette spends 27.6% less per student than Media.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.7% higher in Lafayette than in Media. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lafayette had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Media
 Media, PALafayette, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,153$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,270  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,939$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6194573
 Students per Counselor323  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Media    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Media, Pa has easy access to major highways and the rail system, which makes it easy to get to downtown Philadelphia. Rail takes about the same amount of time but there  More

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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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