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West Lafayette, IN vs Denton, TX

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Highlights
- Denton spends 21.5% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.0% lower in Denton than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denton had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette

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 West Lafayette, INDenton, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,232$16,080$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502$9,859$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,102$5,983$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4814.3916.23
 Students per Librarian62310184573
 Students per Counselor697365530
 Grade School Educ.1.0%3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%4.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.1%91.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%24.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.3%7.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%40.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.25.6%10.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree14.5%2.5%1.5%

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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 10 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 13 years ago

They have good schools, parks and always have events to  More

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Reviews for Denton    12 Reviews

I've lived here since 2011. There are a lot of things I like about the city, but extreme growth has made it exhausting to live here. BIGGEST PROS: - Brand new  More

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We moved here from the midwest in 2014. After 4 years, we still love the area; however, it has grown so much and so fast that the traffic is such that we prefer to stay  More

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Over 11 years ago

an amazing city to study  More

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ZIPS IN WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
47906 47907
ZIPS IN DENTON, TEXAS
76210 76201 76209 76208 76205 76207

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