2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Rolla, MO

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Highlights
- Rolla spends 31.0% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% higher in Rolla than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rolla had 1.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIRolla, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,174$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,036$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6544573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.3%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 Rolla    11 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Rolla is somewhat dominated by missouri S&T (Missouri University of Science &Technology) formerly known as UMR. The student population is huge. This year alone there are  More

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When looking for a comfortable temporary home for an educational pit stop along the road of life, Rolla is a great place to do so. With our blue ribbon elementary  More

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Rolla is a great place to live, but it is getting worse. There are too many outsiders, imports, transplants from other states, interlopers moving in here. All they want  More

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