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

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Highlights
- Decatur spends 9.3% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.2% higher in Decatur than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Decatur had 7.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INDecatur, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,460$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,704$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock37214573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 14 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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