2025 Compare Cities Education:
Troy, MI vs West Lafayette, IN

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- West Lafayette spends 12.9% less per student than Troy.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.0% lower in West Lafayette than in Troy. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Lafayette had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Troy
 Troy, MIWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,232$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6234573
 Students per Counselor537  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock14.5%1.5%
Reviews for Troy    9 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

, corruption is like  More

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Over 6 years ago

no one ever visited Troy, that writes this stuff,, Troy has a Black out, of any city corruption, most of the elected city are from the same zip code. and the heavy  More

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Over 8 years ago

This is the safest place to live in Michigan. The schools are ranked in the top of both the state and in the US. When our kids graduated 98% of the graduates went on  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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