2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Lafayette, IN vs Algonquin, IL

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Highlights
- Algonquin spends 42.8% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.2% lower in Algonquin than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Algonquin had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INAlgonquin, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,892$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,697$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%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 Algonquin    4 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Algonquin has really changed and grown, especially west algonquin. Politically though it leans conservative. That has not changed. People are nice though and they are  More

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Over 15 years ago

This town is practically Mayberry as far as crime goes.  More

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Over 18 years ago

Algonquin is a far northwest suburb of Chicago north of Elgin IL off of I90. The western part of Algonquin has shown significant growth and expansion over the past few  More

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