2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Lafayette, IN vs Alameda, CA

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Highlights
- Alameda spends 34.4% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.6% higher in Alameda than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alameda had 4.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INAlameda, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%1.5%
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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Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  More

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