2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Greenwood, SC

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Highlights
- Greenwood spends 31.0% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% higher in Greenwood than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Greenwood had 15.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIGreenwood, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,180$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,807$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4144573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Greenwood    8 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Low cost of living, two colleges, Lake, and no traffic to speak of. Great Quality of life for the  More

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I had no idea that a state with such beautiful natural recourses cared so little. On the one quarter mile road from the highway to our lake house I picked up seven bags  More

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Over 13 years ago

I luv our lake house and I liv going boating but when we do the water is so murky and I feel bad for a lot of people because there are just a lot of messed up houses and  More

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