2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Northfield, MN

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Highlights
- Northfield spends 13.4% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.8% higher in Northfield than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Northfield had 1.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WINorthfield, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,007$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,138$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9104573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.8%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 Northfield    5 Reviews

The city has nothing really to offer but high taxes and bad streets and sidewalks. Winter is really bad as the city sidewalks are barely passable. You usually can not  More

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For a town of 20 thousand, the amount of cars on the road at any given time is absolutely insane. Residents will tell you it's no secret that the drivers here are  More

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I've lived in Northfield for almost 14 years now, owning my own home here the entire time. I'm originally from the Twin Cities, and moved to Northfield after several  More

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