2026 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Lansdale, PA

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Highlights
- Lansdale spends 29.6% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.7% higher in Lansdale than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lansdale had 9.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WILansdale, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,858$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,188$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4234573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 Lansdale    7 Reviews

Lansdale, Montgomery County, PA is a nice community. Low in crime. Good school district (North Penn SD ranked in top 20% of PA school districts per  More

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Over 14 years ago

A quite town I have lived at for 20+ years. It has undergone many changes through the years, and is a small  More

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Over 15 years ago

Lansdale is a nice little town to live in but not much to do. If you want something exciting to do you would have to drive into Philadelphia but the traffic jams pretty  More

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