2025 Compare Cities Education:
Platteville, WI vs West Lafayette, IN

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Highlights
- West Lafayette spends 11.1% less per student than Platteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.0% higher in West Lafayette than in Platteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Lafayette had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Platteville
 Platteville, WIWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,232$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,055  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6234573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock14.5%1.5%
Reviews for Platteville    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

This town is blessed to have such a strong community of believers. There are many denominations to choose from. While not all of them are centered around the gospel,  More

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So heres the thing.. I live in Platteville and I lived here my WHOLE life and I love it, but the thing that is not good is that when me and my friends want to go  More

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Over 19 years ago

platteville was a nice little town until wal mart came to town. i would advise every town to not let wal mart  More

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Reviews for West Lafayette    11 Reviews

I am originally from Greencastle, Indiana, a nice friendly rural town and home to DePauw University. Presently, I live in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to my having been  More

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Over 11 years ago

It's a nice small town. It's too bad it's not closer to Indy. I think I would like it here  More

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Over 14 years ago

They have good schools, parks and always have events to  More

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