2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Grand Forks, ND

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Highlights
- Grand Forks spends 6.8% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.9% lower in Grand Forks than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Forks had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIGrand Forks, NDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,440$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2574573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%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 Grand Forks    21 Reviews

I lived here for about a year and I can't say many good things about it. I'll start with the positives, it has low crime rate and stores are all close by. Negatives  More

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Over 8 years ago

I am a black male and recently moved to the area do to a job offer. For the most part the people are friendly. However if you are black be prepared to give an  More

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Over 12 years ago

If you try to get a job here, please know that there is a strong culture of support for bullying and verbal abuse. The HR department openly supports and assists  More

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