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West Lafayette, IN vs Terre Haute, IN

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- Terre Haute spends 5.2% less per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.3% lower in Terre Haute than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Terre Haute had 10.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INTerre Haute, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,548$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,623$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4814573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Terre Haute    13 Reviews

I lived in Terre Haute from 1980 to 2005, and have lived in 7 states and one other country since then. Terre Haute's my hometown. I had a mostly happy, normal  More

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Over 5 years ago

This town’s terrible no roads the government is corrupt and the elections are rigged stay far away even the people here hate this town  More

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I read varied reviews when I moved here from the east coast 3 years ago - some good, some not so good. Now I feel I can give a reasonable reflection that I hope will be  More

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