2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Beacon, NY

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Highlights
- Beacon spends 60.9% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.7% lower in Beacon than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Beacon had 4.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIBeacon, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9054573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 Beacon    13 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Forget the negative reviews of Beacon. Those are old and the city has changed so much. Beacon is quaint, friendly, and growing so much. There's so much to see and do  More

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Great shopping they said, cute town, great art, lots of culture, amazing antique stores, fashionable and chic, a home away from home for Brooklyn and NYC denizens.  More

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Over 8 years ago

So this town had a lot of potential and I decided to visit ultimately buying a condo. It was a town in transition 7 yrs ago.....now it is growing into a hipster arts  More

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