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

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Highlights
- Cortland spends 48.8% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.1% lower in Cortland than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cortland had 6.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WICortland, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$26,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,833$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5064573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 Cortland    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

i was born here and this city is like a real life pvp-enabled zone. god isnt watching  More

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Over 10 years ago

Cortland is a small town geographically right in the center of New York. The population is around 20K and has been the same for decades. Cortland is a typical small  More

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Over 18 years ago

I was born here (but grew up in Syracuse thank god) and moved back when I was a teen. Year after year the city goes downhill. It has went from a city with a trolley car  More

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