2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Highland Park, MI

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Highlights
- Highland Park spends 21.9% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.4% higher in Highland Park than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Highland Park had 15.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIHighland Park, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,771$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,893$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14714573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.6%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 Highland Park    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

I lived in Highland Park for 6 months when I first moved to Michigan. I have to tell you it was the most fearful time of my life. I heard gun shots most nights and  More

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Over 19 years ago

I live in a city in the middle of Detroit Michigan. This makes it so that were i live is so ghetto i cant walk around at night cuzz im  More

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