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

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- Palmdale spends 31.7% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.2% higher in Palmdale than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palmdale had 21.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INPalmdale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock76.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 Palmdale    35 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I've lived here for nine years and I haven't had any problems. The weather is hot during the summer we get real Summers during the winter it's cold and it's sometimes  More

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Over 6 years ago

I have lived here for many years and I wish I could move elsewhere. I have lived on both the east and west sides of this city. The west side is supposedly better and I  More

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Over 11 years ago

I live in West Palmdale, right by the mall and i just love it. The area is in need of more restaurants, preferably steak houses, a good old fashion Chinese restaurant  More

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