2025 Compare Cities Education:
Garden Grove, CA vs Madison, WI

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Highlights
- Madison spends 15.5% more per student than Garden Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.1% lower in Madison than in Garden Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 27.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Garden Grove
 Garden Grove, CAMadison, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,641$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,988$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4344573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.9%1.5%
Reviews for Garden Grove    10 Reviews

I've lived here for over 20 years. City hasn't changed much. Being in the SoCal area, there's plenty of stuff to do around here. Like with all of SoCal, population has  More

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Over 8 years ago

So safe and boring that the police here rarely have anything better to do. At one time, I rented a room in another person's home and decided to put some aluminum foil  More

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Over 13 years ago

This is a very informative  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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