2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Lafayette, IN vs Jackson, WY

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Highlights
- Jackson spends 58.6% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.8% lower in Jackson than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jackson had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INJackson, WYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,985$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,370$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1724573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%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.  Unlock4.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.7%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 Jackson    13 Reviews

I live in Jackson and I can tell you for sure it sucks. I'm currently a student in college so I don't bring in any income but my husband makes about 200,000 a year.....  More

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Over 4 years ago

What a rip-off!!! I had wanted to see Jackson, Wy for many years and found it to be very snooty. The motels were outrageously expensive. The entire city is  More

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Jackson, like so many other wealthy towns, is composed of the wealthy who made their money elsewhere and those who serve them. Those who serve are actually pretty nice  More

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