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

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 44.2% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.6% lower in Carbondale than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 2.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%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 Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 17 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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