2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Winner, SD

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Highlights
- Winner spends 35.9% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.0% lower in Winner than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Winner had 13.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIWinner, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,312$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,095$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9744573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%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 Winner    2 Reviews

Winner is a small community with a very high cost of living. Our electricity rates have almost doubled in the last couple of years and rent is about what you would  More

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Like most small towns in South Dakota, Winner has seen its "better" years. The sad fact is that there are literally NO jobs here. At one time, agriculture was alive  More

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