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

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Highlights
- Chesterton spends 27.7% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.8% higher in Chesterton than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chesterton had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIChesterton, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,763$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,384$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5254573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Chesterton    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Chesterton location next to Lake Michigan tempers the changes that we see. We are use to the cold weather but the lake helps keep the area warmer longer into the winter.  More

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Over 16 years ago

We have a low incidence of crime in our area, very clean downtown, well  More

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Over 17 years ago

Small town, with all its charm and quiet, with lots of space, but within 45 minutes of downtown Chicago, with all the big city cultural  More

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