2025 Compare Cities Education:
Brookfield, WI vs Topeka, KS

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- Topeka spends 7.9% less per student than Brookfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.5% lower in Topeka than in Brookfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Topeka had 6.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Brookfield
 Brookfield, WITopeka, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,626$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,133  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,274$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.51  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4414573
 Students per Counselor501  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Brookfield    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Overall I believe field is a great place to live and raise a family. Milwaukee certainly has its share of problems like any large metropolitan area. Overall I believe  More

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Over 14 years ago

I love Brookfield for the most part. The Elmbrook school district is amazing and test scores are always above average level. The one downfall of the city is that there  More

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About turn 35, and have lived in Brookfield for 9 years. Brookfield is broken into two parts, city and village, both are very safe- especially when compared to  More

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Reviews for Topeka    28 Reviews

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I live in Topeka this town is awful A lot of crime has been happening here. I don't suggest moving here. This town is also dying out it's mostly old people, meth  More

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Over 7 years ago

I lived in Topeka most of my life until moving to Katy, Texas...which is a premiere suburb of Houston. Topeka is genuinely missed as it is a superb community to raise a  More

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