2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs West Bend, WI

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Highlights
- West Bend spends 21.7% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.5% higher in West Bend than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Bend had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIWest Bend, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,814$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,098$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7634573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 West Bend    4 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

terrible place, so inconvenient, terrible two taxi services. West bend just caters to the rich. If you don't have a car,you won't be able to survive there. City workers  More

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West Bend is a great small town that is growing fairly rapidly. If you are looking for a wonderful place to raise a family this is it! West Bend is pretty, has nice  More

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Over 19 years ago

I've lived in west bend for the past 8 years and i must say, it's a joke. It's nice if your retired and looking for cheap living, other then that i would not raise a  More

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