2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Charlestown, IN

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Highlights
- Charlestown spends 31.4% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.4% higher in Charlestown than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charlestown had 7.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WICharlestown, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,109$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,087$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7644573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.1%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 Charlestown    3 Reviews

I have lived in Charlestown for 55 years. I have raised 4 children in the warm and friendly city of Charlestown. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. The schools  More

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Over 13 years ago

Iv live in charlestown for about 6 years now and the crime here is bad iv see police cars fly past my house iv see people in handcuffs iv even seen my neighbor carried  More

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Over 17 years ago

Nice plce to raise a  More

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