2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Seaside, CA

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Highlights
- Seaside spends 12.8% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 64.6% higher in Seaside than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seaside had 16.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WISeaside, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%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 Seaside    4 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I’ve lived in Seaside for the past 20 years and I love it. I’m a fourth generation Monterey Bay family. Seaside hands down has the best views in the Monterey Bay. It’s a  More

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Over 15 years ago

Housing in Seaside is more affordable than it was, mainly due to the bursting of the housing bubble. There are still problems, though, mainly because of the huge number  More

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Over 19 years ago

unless you went to grad school, or are already rich, don't expect to be able to get a nice house here. You'll be house-poor(not able to afford anything outside of your  More

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