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West Lafayette, IN vs Seymour, IN

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- Seymour spends 13.4% less per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.4% higher in Seymour than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seymour had 12.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INSeymour, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,460$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,950$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4344573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 Seymour    9 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

I've been reading the reviews about Seymour. I was born in Seymour, spent half my child years there as well as other places about the country. I have either lived or  More

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Over 12 years ago

I have lived here for ten years and agree that Seymour, Indiana is a sophomoric community where outsiders are not welcome and the parents are worse bullies than the  More

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Over 12 years ago

the town is a beautiful place gorgeous in the fall summers are hot and lazy. not much of a spring anymore ...winters are very cold ice sleet rarely snows anymore  More

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