2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lakeland, TN vs Madison, WI

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Highlights
- Madison spends 44.3% more per student than Lakeland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.2% lower in Madison than in Lakeland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lakeland
 Lakeland, TNMadison, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,641$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,534  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,988$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.76  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4344573
 Students per Counselor501  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.9%1.5%
Reviews for Lakeland    4 Reviews

We moved to the Memphis area short of 4 years ago. I can't imagine living anywhere else in the world! We live in a gorgeous and friendly lake community that is a  More

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Been living here for 11 years and looking to relocate. Memphis/Cordova has been good to us for the past years, but it's time to move  More

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Over 15 years ago

Lakeland is a great place to live....10 minutes from anything you would want to do. Reasonably priced homes and excellent tax  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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