2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grafton, WI vs Madison, WI

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Highlights
- Madison spends 1.8% more per student than Grafton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.0% lower in Madison than in Grafton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 2.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grafton
 Grafton, WIMadison, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,641$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,953  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,988$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4344573
 Students per Counselor491  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.9%1.5%
Reviews for Grafton    4 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Very nice small town community, but weather is awful near Lake  More

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Over 13 years ago

Located just North of Milwaukee. Lots do to do in the  More

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Over 15 years ago

With recent national rankings of Ozaukee County as being the second best place to raise a family in the America and being the healthiest county in Wisconsin, you soon  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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