2026 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Bay City, MI

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Highlights
- Bay City spends 38.0% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.1% higher in Bay City than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bay City had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIBay City, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,278$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7764573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Bay City    7 Reviews

Bay City offers low prices for homes due to lower population (Current lower demand). Years ago, the population was more than 3x as big due to big lumber industry, etc.  More

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But everything else is going to  More

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There are many pros to Bay City, it is incredibly cheap to live in and most everything is very affordable. The problem is that the economy is terrible and there aren't  More

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