2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Goldendale, WA

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Highlights
- Goldendale spends 3.8% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 53.0% higher in Goldendale than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Goldendale had 0.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIGoldendale, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,976$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,753$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock249774573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%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 Goldendale    5 Reviews

GOLDENDALE is loved by a very select, elite, and religious group. I withhold using labels to describe the mentality of Goldendale, but can describe the hostile treatment  More

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Read the two reviews before I made this commentary. The reviews submitted so far are from locals who have survived some economic hard times in the area. Both of these  More

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I have lived here all of my 34 years and its has been a great place to live, raise a family, have what fun there is to have and just to relax. A beautiful place for the  More

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