2025 Compare Cities Education:
Birmingham, AL vs Madison, MS

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Highlights
- Madison spends 17.1% less per student than Birmingham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.7% lower in Madison than in Birmingham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 10.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Birmingham
 Birmingham, ALMadison, MSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,940$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,144  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,934$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6334573
 Students per Counselor417  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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Reviews for Madison    19 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Forget everything you've heard about Mississippi. In 30 years, Madison and Ridgeland, sister cities, have grown from being whistle stop railroad communities into two of  More

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Madison is a beautiful city. I have been leaving here for 1year. Love it!! It's safe and has best school system in Mississippi.  More

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The Madison County area just north of Jackson is a growning community with excellent school systems both public and private. This provides oppportunity to select the  More

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