2025 Compare Cities Education:
Vallejo, CA vs Madison, WI

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Highlights
- Madison spends 26.3% more per student than Vallejo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.6% lower in Madison than in Vallejo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 8.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Vallejo
 Vallejo, CAMadison, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,641$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,346  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,988$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4344573
 Students per Counselor867  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.9%1.5%
Reviews for Vallejo    32 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

If you move to Vallejo, you will quickly realize that you're paying a lot of money to live in well-polished squalor. I moved to Vallejo in mid-2008 just as the city  More

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Over 7 years ago

I would love to live in a place where there are not fireworks all year round or gunshots every night. Police are understaffed and overworked and this is coming from a  More

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Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Vallejo for 5 years I moved here from Alameda California where I spent about 3 years and before that was in Seattle for 18 years. People said to  More

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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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