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Madison, AL vs Anchorage, AK

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Highlights
- Anchorage spends 48.8% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.9% lower in Anchorage than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Anchorage had 2.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison

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 Madison, ALAnchorage, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,176$16,628$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,752$15,402$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,898$8,961$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.7317.4416.23
 Students per Librarian5644994573
 Students per Counselor470413530
 Grade School Educ.0.6%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%3.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.9%94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.1%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.1%36.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.22.2%9.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%2.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.3%1.3%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Anchorage    83 Reviews

Anchorage had potential but with the massive amount of homeless the petty crime is on the rise. I chose to live in a town outside of Anchorage rather than the city for  More

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I lived in Anchorage for the better part of the 2010's. Pros: o Beautiful, mountain and ocean views; close to many hiking trails, campsites, fishing grounds,  More

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it's nice, i liked it when i grew up there. kinda wish i could move back, but i didn't really like being isolated from all the things like nordstrom, trader joe's,  More

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ZIPS IN MADISON, ALABAMA
35758 35756
ZIPS IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
99504, 99507, 99508, 99577, 99502, 99515, 99516, 99501, 99517, 99503, 17 total

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