2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bend, OR vs Madison, AL

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Highlights
- Madison spends 29.8% less per student than Bend.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.4% lower in Madison than in Bend. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 1.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bend
 Bend, ORMadison, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,176$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,841  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,898$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5644573
 Students per Counselor268  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 4 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  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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