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

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Highlights
- Merced spends 8.3% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.4% higher in Merced than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Merced had 23.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INMerced, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,332$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,391$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock61024573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock14.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock74.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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