2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Lafayette, IN vs Sycamore, IL

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Highlights
- Sycamore spends 28.2% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.8% lower in Sycamore than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sycamore had 1.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INSycamore, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,963$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,982$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23794573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%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 Sycamore    8 Reviews

We’ve lived in sycamore for going on 2 years now, it’s definitely a blend of blue collar families like myself and people who couldn’t afford those st Charles or Geneva  More

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Moved to the area about 15 years ago (have lived in Sycamore then another nearby town for 7 years before moving back to Sycamore) and have been in our current  More

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Sycamore is a beautiful, clean, welcoming community. We were outsiders when we moved here from Chicago and people were nothing but lovely. I could not have dreamt of a  More

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