2026 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Bloomingdale, IL

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Highlights
- Bloomingdale spends 24.8% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.7% higher in Bloomingdale than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomingdale had 1.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIBloomingdale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,018$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,697$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7094573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.4%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 Bloomingdale    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Bloomingdale is considered a south-west suburb of Chicago. It's climate is much milder than the Northern suburbs. It is a relatively safe community and definitely very  More

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Over 20 years ago

I have lived in Bloomingdale, IL. since 1973 and have moved around the same neighborhood 4 times, all about in a 4 block radius, all have been 3 bedroom townhomes with  More

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