2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Hammond, LA

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Highlights
- Hammond spends 40.7% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.2% higher in Hammond than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hammond had 11.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIHammond, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,455$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,972$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20304573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.2%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.  Unlock8.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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 Hammond    5 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

It is a nice  More

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Over 14 years ago

I think that the climate is the wort thing about hammond.We do not have feal seasons. In December it can be 40 degrees one day and the next its 90. The heat and humidity  More

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Over 17 years ago

Hammond used to be a small,quiet town but with the growth of the local college it is increasing in size and everything that goes with  More

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