2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, NJ vs Wake Forest, NC

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Highlights
- Wake Forest spends 54.2% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.6% higher in Wake Forest than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wake Forest had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, NJWake Forest, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,726  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.9  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor254  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.69.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Madison    3 Reviews

I grew up in Madison, and while I seriously appreciate what growing up in the town had to offer, it was a town that I grew out of pretty fast. Madison is small, with  More

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Over 12 years ago

Madison is  More

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Over 15 years ago

The Borough of Madison is located in Morris County. It is 23 miles by car, west of New York City and sits on the Mid-Town Direct rail line. Madison is well know for its  More

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Reviews for Wake Forest    5 Reviews

Im a 22 year old male from Denver Colorado.im looking to relocate and transfer for work . Colorado has high taxes and high cost of living and also to much snow during  More

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Relocating from New York City three years ago took some adjustment and once settled in Wake Forest I was able to breath a little bit easier. The pace is something you  More

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The Triangle is a great place to work and live, more reasonable than the North but more expensive than most places in the South. We live in a beautiful  More

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