2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Alamosa, CO

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Highlights
- Alamosa spends 36.9% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.6% higher in Alamosa than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alamosa had 7.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIAlamosa, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,124$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,660$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4874573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
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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Reviews for Alamosa    5 Reviews

Rating 1 out of 5 This place is absolutely Crawling with meth and heroin addicts. They roam the streets, they constantly knock on your door asking for rides and money.  More

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If want to retire in a nice, quiet place where you can live in isolation, you have a steady stream of income from an outside source, you don't have anything valuable  More

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Over 12 years ago

Honestly Alamosa is probably the worst place ever..It sucks..Especially being African-American here..The people show signs of racism which is confusing to me seeing that  More

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