2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs West Lafayette, IN

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Highlights
- West Lafayette spends 25.0% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.3% higher in West Lafayette than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Lafayette had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,232$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6234573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock14.5%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 West Lafayette    11 Reviews

I am originally from Greencastle, Indiana, a nice friendly rural town and home to DePauw University. Presently, I live in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to my having been  More

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Over 11 years ago

It's a nice small town. It's too bad it's not closer to Indy. I think I would like it here  More

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Over 14 years ago

They have good schools, parks and always have events to  More

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