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Madison, WI vs Liberal, KS

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Highlights
- Liberal spends 16.4% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.1% lower in Liberal than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Liberal had 27.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WILiberal, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,743$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,220$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2284573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock18.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock69.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 Liberal    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

The people of the Liberal Kansas population in this this website and others is very wrong. The Hispanc population of Liberal is around 70%. I am one one them and proud  More

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Over 16 years ago

Im from Liberal Kansas, and Im an addopted Mexican. The population of Hispanics in Liberal is 70%, and the black and white population is about the same. Here the  More

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Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Low crime rate 2. Low cost of living and housing 3. Affordable place to live 4. Good ethnic diversity compared to the rest of Kansas Cons: 1. Very poor  More

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