2024 Compare Cities Education:
West Lafayette, IN vs Moline, IL

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Highlights
- Moline spends 20.9% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.1% lower in Moline than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Moline had 8.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INMoline, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,232$15,998$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502$13,861$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,102$8,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4815.1616.23
 Students per Librarian62312824573
 Students per Counselor697392530
 Grade School Educ.1.0%4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%6.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.1%89.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%24.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.3%11.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%28.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.25.6%7.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree14.5%0.9%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 10 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 13 years ago

They have good schools, parks and always have events to  More

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Reviews for Moline    14 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I spent the first 35 years of my life in the Illinois Quad Cities. Most of the time was spent in Moline. If you enjoy watersports, there are two rivers, and many  More

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I'm a student in the Quad Cities and have been living at The Mills with two of my friends. It's a newer complex and we haven't had any issues. Just in case anyone is  More

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I felt like I had to give a review after seeing some of the other posts about Moline. I moved here (from Chicago) a year ago, and I absolutely love it. I'll tell you  More

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