2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Opelousas, LA

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Highlights
- Opelousas spends 34.3% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.1% higher in Opelousas than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Opelousas had 19.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIOpelousas, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,597$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,672$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20954573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock77.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Opelousas    2 Reviews

After living in Opelousas, for 18 months I'll respond to changes from my provous post. The 24 Hour liquior sales has been banned, except at the Evangeline Downs  More

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Over 18 years ago

Hello all I'm new to Opelousas, At first When i moved here I was like why did I move here, The Roads are horrible , Infrustructure needs lots of updating (Ex. Water  More

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