2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Terre Haute, IN

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- Terre Haute spends 28.9% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.2% higher in Terre Haute than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Terre Haute had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WITerre Haute, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,548$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,623$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4814573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Terre Haute    13 Reviews

I lived in Terre Haute from 1980 to 2005, and have lived in 7 states and one other country since then. Terre Haute's my hometown. I had a mostly happy, normal  More

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Over 5 years ago

This town’s terrible no roads the government is corrupt and the elections are rigged stay far away even the people here hate this town  More

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I read varied reviews when I moved here from the east coast 3 years ago - some good, some not so good. Now I feel I can give a reasonable reflection that I hope will be  More

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