2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Lafayette, IN vs West Bend, WI

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Highlights
- West Bend spends 4.4% more per student than West Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.0% higher in West Bend than in West Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Bend had 2.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Lafayette
 West Lafayette, INWest Bend, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,814$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,098$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7634573
 Students per Counselor697  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 West Bend    4 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

terrible place, so inconvenient, terrible two taxi services. West bend just caters to the rich. If you don't have a car,you won't be able to survive there. City workers  More

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West Bend is a great small town that is growing fairly rapidly. If you are looking for a wonderful place to raise a family this is it! West Bend is pretty, has nice  More

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Over 19 years ago

I've lived in west bend for the past 8 years and i must say, it's a joke. It's nice if your retired and looking for cheap living, other then that i would not raise a  More

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