2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs St. George, UT

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Highlights
- St. George spends 50.3% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 80.4% higher in St. George than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. George had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WISt. George, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,768$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,745$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20374573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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 St. George    75 Reviews

Very low paying jobs. Very few corporate companies you could have a career at. Very expensive housing. Very unaccepting of non mormons. A very lazy city hall that  More

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We recently moved here and this are our thoughts: - Landscape wise no doubts this is one of the most beautiful places we have been - Public spaces are very clean, well  More

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I have lived in St. George for 8 months and love it so far. I agree that there are not a lot of jobs and most have low pay so this may not be a good place if your  More

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