2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Tumwater, WA

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Highlights
- Tumwater spends 3.0% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.4% higher in Tumwater than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tumwater had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WITumwater, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%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 Tumwater    1 Reviews

Tumwater is so beautiful, my commute to work in Olympia is about 15 minutes no traffic whatsoever! My kids both attend top rated schools, I lived in Bellevue for 8  More

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