2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Lafayette, IN vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 26.2% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.7% higher in Santa Barbara than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 9.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%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 Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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