2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Lafayette, IN vs Rohnert Park, CA

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- Rohnert Park spends 27.3% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.5% higher in Rohnert Park than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rohnert Park had 4.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INRohnert Park, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock142404573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.6%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 Rohnert Park    7 Reviews

We moved here from Marin County, and have found Rohnert Park to be far superior for many reasons. There is much less traffic, far better local restaurants (from gourmet  More

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If Rohnert Park was a person, it would be your little brother who got into drugs early in life, but made a solid comeback and now lives a solidly lower middle class life  More

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I'm a native Californian and have lived here most of my life - save for about a year total in Eugene, Oregon, two separate times. I've lived in Southern, Central, and  More

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