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Grand Forks, ND vs Madison, WI

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Highlights
- Madison spends 7.3% more per student than Grand Forks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.8% higher in Madison than in Grand Forks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 0.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Forks

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 Grand Forks, NDMadison, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,440$17,641$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,451$13,473$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,635$7,988$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.0213.216.23
 Students per Librarian2574344573
 Students per Counselor318415530
 Grade School Educ.1.9%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%2.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.1%95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%15.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.13.7%7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%58.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.1%15.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%4.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.0%5.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Grand Forks    21 Reviews

I lived here for about a year and I can't say many good things about it. I'll start with the positives, it has low crime rate and stores are all close by. Negatives  More

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Over 7 years ago

I am a black male and recently moved to the area do to a job offer. For the most part the people are friendly. However if you are black be prepared to give an  More

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Over 11 years ago

If you try to get a job here, please know that there is a strong culture of support for bullying and verbal abuse. The HR department openly supports and assists  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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ZIPS IN GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA
58201 58203 58202
ZIPS IN MADISON, WISCONSIN
53711, 53704, 53719, 53703, 53705, 53713, 53716, 53714, 53715, 53718, 13 total

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