2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Lafayette, IN vs Chandler, AZ

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Highlights
- Chandler spends 20.2% less per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.8% higher in Chandler than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chandler had 3.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INChandler, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%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.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%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 Chandler    66 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Mesa is such a medium sized city but so big for it's size that even if you drive 20 minutes you still will be in Mesa. In West Mesa it's where all the services for  More

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As someone that has lived in Chandler nearly my whole life. I understand Chandler has it's fair share of problems in recent decades from affordability to certain areas  More

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I have grown up in Chandler for almost 25 years and left in 2012, used to live near downtown with apartments that were affordable on a minimum wage job, until i could  More

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