2025 Compare Cities Education:
Yelm, WA vs Madison, WI

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Highlights
- Madison spends 3.1% more per student than Yelm.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.7% lower in Madison than in Yelm. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Yelm
 Yelm, WAMadison, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,641$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,988$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4344573
 Students per Counselor439  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.35.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.9%1.5%
Reviews for Yelm    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Yelm is a very nice city to live in. Small enough to have that small town flavor but big enough not to be cramped. Has access to pretty much everywhere you want to go.  More

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I've lived in Yelm 2 years now and LOVE IT! We moved here to get away of the crazyness and extreamly crampedness of the "suburbia"of Puyallup which is just outside of  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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