2025 Compare Cities Education:
Albany, CA vs Sun Prairie, WI

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- Sun Prairie spends 0.8% less per student than Albany.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.9% lower in Sun Prairie than in Albany. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sun Prairie had 0.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Albany
 Albany, CASun Prairie, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,641$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,988$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4344573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 13 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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Reviews for Sun Prairie    4 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I love it here, the weather is absolutely fantastic if you like freezing your toes off.  More

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Typically cold winters, lots of snow. Summers are typically pleasant, but can be high humidity. Poor Air Quality year round. Mild spring and fall Summer can have  More

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Over 14 years ago

Crime is very low, I seldom feel like I have to lock my car or even my house. The schools here are pretty good, and have no tolerance for bullies (so if you have any,  More

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