2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Lafayette, IN vs Torrington, WY

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Highlights
- Torrington spends 57.4% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.3% lower in Torrington than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Torrington had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INTorrington, WYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,825$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,424$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1394573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%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 Torrington    2 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

If you like rodeo, church, bingo, high school sports, and drinking alcohol, then you'll have a ball in Torrington. If you like to do anything else, including decent  More

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Over 13 years ago

I enjoy living in Torrington. Compared to the rest of Wyoming the temperatures are much more mild and it's much less windy. Life is very peaceful here and people are  More

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