2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Yorkville, IL

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Highlights
- Yorkville spends 9.5% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.9% higher in Yorkville than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Yorkville had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIYorkville, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,968$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,734$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9644573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Yorkville    7 Reviews

Love this cute town. Lived here 13 years now. Kids attended elementary through high school. Great schools, kind teachers that truly care about the kids success. Property  More

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Over 11 years ago

nice school with involved teachers - they want to see the kids  More

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Over 12 years ago

Yorkville has continued it's downward spiral over this last year. I'm actually thankful we never bought a house here, because now it will be alot easier to move away.  More

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