2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Castro Valley, CA

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Highlights
- Castro Valley spends 0.8% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 63.7% higher in Castro Valley than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Castro Valley had 4.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WICastro Valley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 Castro Valley    7 Reviews

CURMUDGEON - THANK YOU for your post. The most important part of your comment is your second paragraph. "Hodge-Podge" is the correct word for a lot of Castro  More

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Over 11 years ago

Kind of rural but close to Oakland and San  More

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Castro Valley is the largest unincorporated "city" in the Bay Area. Over the years, several attempts have been made to incorporate, but they have all been defeated at  More

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