2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Lafayette, IN vs Lansing, MI

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Highlights
- Lansing spends 16.0% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.9% higher in Lansing than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lansing had 6.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INLansing, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,353$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,708$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Lansing    28 Reviews

I am in my fifth house in the greater Lansing area since relocating here in 1997 from the tri-city area (Midland/Bay City/Saginaw). Pros: people are friendlier here-  More

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I first moved to Lansing in the early 2000s for grad school @ MSU, went away and returned after several years. I must say, the area has improved VERY significantly  More

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This is a really nice place to live and people here are friendly there is a lot to do and a wide variety of different people and belief systems if you know where to look  More

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