2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Poteau, OK

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Highlights
- Poteau spends 40.4% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.3% higher in Poteau than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poteau had 15.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIPoteau, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,521$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4794573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Poteau    2 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I just stumbled on to a couple of high brow folk that don't like our town. I moved here about a year ago and I love it. It's not a trashy town, the crime isn't bad, I  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have been living here since Nov. 2009, when I relocated from Philadelphia and came out here to take care of my elderly Mother. As soon as I got here, I was infected  More

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