2024 Compare Cities Education:
Boulder, CO vs Madison, AL

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Highlights
- Madison spends 30.8% less per student than Boulder.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.5% higher in Madison than in Boulder. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 0.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boulder
 Boulder, COMadison, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,153$11,176$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130$9,752$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,939$5,898$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.1118.7316.23
 Students per Librarian6195644573
 Students per Counselor213470530
 Grade School Educ.1.4%0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%2.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.9%96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.6%16.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.3.6%6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.8%63.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.25.0%22.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.7%2.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.0%3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Boulder    55 Reviews

Outside of the university, Boulder had a very distinctive "wealthy hippy" feel. A lot of alternative medicine and a matching ethos. This is changing some among my  More

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We moved here from Texas about 4 years ago and love it here! The amazing sense of community and high regard for the environment are two of the main reasons we love  More

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Over 4 years ago

Most people do much worse than Boulder. I'm the most critical person I've ever met who is never happy or satisfied -- so that's a pretty huge compliment.   More

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Reviews for Madison    11 Reviews

My wife and I moved from Atlanta, GA area in 2016 when I retired. We have now lived in Huntsville for 4 years and now in Madison for almost 4 years. We were thinking  More

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Low crime. Traffic not too bad even during peak times. Covert classim and racism. A stick with our own mentality. Not very diverse primarily just blacks and whites.  More

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Madison is nice. The schools are excellent, which is why we chose to live here. The job market is good for anyone with an engineering degree or ex military, but for  More

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