2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Miami, FL

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Highlights
- Miami spends 32.9% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.4% higher in Miami than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Miami had 17.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIMiami, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,839$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,809$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock27244573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Miami    189 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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