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

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 54.6% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.3% lower in Champaign than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%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 Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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