2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Pikeville, KY

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Highlights
- Pikeville spends 29.3% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.2% higher in Pikeville than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pikeville had 13.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIPikeville, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,465$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,910$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5624573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Pikeville    5 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I've lived in the wonderful county of Pike for the past seven years. Originally I am from Morgan County, but when I met my husband I made the move to Pikeville. Seven  More

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Over 17 years ago

Not much to do in the area, there has been alot of prescription drug abuse, but not alot of major crimes as one user said, I do enjoy the area, people are friendly, the  More

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I have lived in Pikeville, Kentucky for 28 years and I have lived in 3 other cities. I think that Pikeville is a wonderful place to live. I have a strong religious  More

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