2025 Compare Cities Education:
Baton Rouge, LA vs Madison, AL

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Highlights
- Madison spends 24.0% less per student than Baton Rouge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.4% higher in Madison than in Baton Rouge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 11.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Baton Rouge
 Baton Rouge, LAMadison, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,176$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,113  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,898$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.6  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5644573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Baton Rouge    64 Reviews

terrible place to  More

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Over 6 years ago

I live hear so i can't say i hate it but i don't like  More

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Don't get me wrong, this is a great school filled with many great teachers. I absolutely love all of the classes I am currently in and have been in. We are taught with  More

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Reviews for Madison    11 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

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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