2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Troy, AL

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Highlights
- Troy spends 33.8% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.5% higher in Troy than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Troy had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WITroy, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,675$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,266$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4274573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock2.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%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 Troy    11 Reviews

I love it here. It’s quiet and you shouldn’t go by 13 year old reviews. Everything has improved for the better and I will continue to live here for many years to come.  More

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Biggest mistake of my life was moving to yorT (<—-not a typo) to take a high school teaching position there. Revolving door. I got my family out and to greener  More

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Over 13 years ago

Sadly I was born and raised in Troy Al, and I'm happy to report that I moved away 2 weeks after graduating high school. I still visit family there and growing up I knew  More

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