2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bowling Green, KY vs Madera, CA

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- Madera spends 34.0% more per student than Bowling Green.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.6% higher in Madera than in Bowling Green. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madera had 29.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bowling Green
 Bowling Green, KYMadera, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,999$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,814  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,031$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.5  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock72314573
 Students per Counselor407  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock26.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock59.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Bowling Green    7 Reviews

I have lived in Bowling Green 12 years, prior to that I lived in the Terre Haute IN area. Compared to Terre Haute, my husband and I much prefer BG. The winters are much  More

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Over 7 years ago

I was born in BG 62 yrs ago. I left at 17 and returned in 2015. Compared to Texas & the west, BG is the worst. If you like sunshine (I do), it is horrible in BG.  More

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I have lived in Bowling Green for almost seven years now. I'm originally from the Oklahoma City/Moore OK area. My husband and I moved here for his job. Honestly,  More

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Reviews for Madera    2 Reviews

I live here for the pass 4 years and in these years I lived in a fifth wheeler I owned a RV motor home but my dreams of selling it went out the window on the4 morning  More

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I live in Madera, Ca. and it has been listed in Sperling's BestPlaces as having a home medium price of $315,000 and a population of approx. 35,000. As an update to  More

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