2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Lafayette, IN vs Miami, FL

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Highlights
- Miami spends 10.5% less per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.3% higher in Miami than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Miami had 18.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INMiami, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,839$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,809$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock27244573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%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 Miami    189 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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