2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Lafayette, IN vs Fall River, MA

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Highlights
- Fall River spends 53.5% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.3% lower in Fall River than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fall River had 22.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INFall River, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,311$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,937$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5294573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock75.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 Fall River    9 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Could not leave fast enough. Crime, unemployment, and the prejudice against anyone not of Portuguese descent was palpable. Gangs running  More

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Over 9 years ago

A lot of negative thing are being said about fall river on this page. I grew up in this city and I have to say it was much nicer when I was a child.but it seems like  More

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As someone who was born and raised in Fall River, MA, I have to say that all the negative remarks I read are absolutely correct. In fact, the only good thing about Fall  More

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