2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Newport, AR

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Highlights
- Newport spends 40.4% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.5% lower in Newport than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newport had 14.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WINewport, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,520$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,544$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5654573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Newport    2 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

While Arkansas prides itself on being the "land of opportunity" there are few luxuries. Long travel times are required to shop or do other recreational things since the  More

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What can I say about Newport? Well it is where I grew up and somewhere I call home. I have been away since November of 2000 and I have been back a few times only to  More

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