2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Lake Los Angeles, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Los Angeles spends 1.2% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 65.6% higher in Lake Los Angeles than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Los Angeles had 23.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WILake Los Angeles, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock15.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock73.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%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 Lake Los Angeles    2 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

“Lake Los Angeles” is a horse property community with lot sizes from .5 acres to 1.25 acres. This is a small community built on 4000 acres surrounded by many miles of  More

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Over 17 years ago

There are very few jobs in this area. I am willing to bet 90% of the people here are forced to commute. My daily commute is 2 hours and 15 minutes each way. Also the  More

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