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Miami, FL vs Lafayette, IN

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Highlights
- Lafayette spends 11.8% more per student than Miami.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.2% lower in Lafayette than in Miami. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lafayette had 13.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Miami
 Miami, FLLafayette, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,232$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,524  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6234573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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Reviews for Lafayette    16 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I have lived here for 12 years and in a smaller town 20 miles away for over 35 years and like the people. But crime is on the rise, more arrests lately related to people  More

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Over 13 years ago

Lafayette still has a small town atmosphere. It is a wonderful place to raise children. There is a strong sense of community. Unfotunately in recent years Lafayette has  More

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I can say I have lived in Lafayette Indiana for 25 years. I'll say that home is home...but I would honestly say in less your a college student at Purdue, I would never  More

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