2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Lake Oswego, OR

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Highlights
- Lake Oswego spends 6.2% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 44.0% higher in Lake Oswego than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Oswego had 3.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WILake Oswego, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7444573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%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 Lake Oswego    14 Reviews

I have lived occasionally in Lake Oswego with my sister who married a LO man and found it very sweet. He was raised there by hard-working parents who had fantastic work  More

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Over 6 years ago

Retired in Lake Oswego to be close to family and Live in a beautiful little city. We call it Paradise. We’ve had part-time property in Oregon for 20 years and we have  More

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Ive lived here 22 years and it has gone from a charming small town to a congested pass thru neighborhood. People are rude, traffic a nightmare and we hate it here but  More

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