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West Lafayette, IN vs New Braunfels, TX

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Highlights
- New Braunfels spends 12.7% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% higher in New Braunfels than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Braunfels had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette

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 West Lafayette, INNew Braunfels, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,232$14,915$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502$8,548$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,102$5,215$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4816.0316.23
 Students per Librarian6238524573
 Students per Counselor697465530
 Grade School Educ.1.0%4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%4.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.1%91.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%22.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.3%6.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%36.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.25.6%7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%1.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree14.5%1.1%1.5%

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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 New Braunfels    11 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I have lived in this awesome city for the past 2 years and believe it’s best described as either a breath of fresh air or a slice of heaven on earth.  More

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Diana · 

I moved here in 2001 due to a work transfer. It was small and quaint then. Today, there are too many people for the infrastructure, water resources, and schools. The  More

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I lived in NB for only about 4 months because of the extreme reaction I had to the cement polution in the area. There are two large cement plants to the north and south  More

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ZIPS IN WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
47906 47907
ZIPS IN NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
78130 78132

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