2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Lafayette, IN vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 16.6% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.1% higher in Fresno than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 18.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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