2024 Compare Cities Education:
Chesapeake, VA vs Madison, WI

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Highlights
- Madison spends 36.1% more per student than Chesapeake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.3% lower in Madison than in Chesapeake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Chesapeake
 Chesapeake, VAMadison, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,959$17,641$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,011$13,473$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,649$7,988$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5613.216.23
 Students per Librarian6984344573
 Students per Counselor307415530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%2.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.5%95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%15.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.2%7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.5%58.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.2%15.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%4.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%5.9%1.5%
Reviews for Chesapeake    33 Reviews

I lived here in Virginia near the Cedar Rd. not so far from Tidewater Community college. If you want a great place to live to raise children, its Chesapeake  More

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I live around this area currently, in the "Hampton Roads". Which consists of Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, and Chesapeake. We're  More

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I was born in Hampton Roads and lived there for more than 65 years. We lived in the city of Chesapeake for three years from 2014-2017. Frankly, we were very glad to  More

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Reviews for Madison    78 Reviews

Unfortunately, a number of these reviews are politically based. Madison remains the only shining star in Wisconsin’s economy. The economy is broadly based, with  More

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Have been living in Madison for almost 3 years. It’s very safe, ppl generally friendly and for a town of its size it has fair number of good restaurants and interesting  More

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Lacks balance and zero accountability.   More

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