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Butte-Silver Bow, MT vs Madera, CA

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- Madera spends 31.3% more per student than Butte-Silver Bow.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.5% higher in Madera than in Butte-Silver Bow. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madera had 36.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Butte-Silver Bow
 Butte-Silver Bow, MTMadera, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,999$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,891  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,031$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock72314573
 Students per Counselor370  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock26.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock59.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Butte-Silver Bow    15 Reviews

I think I read the 14 reviews. None of the people were from Butte. You do have to be hardy if you're going to live here. Yes, we're called the Mining City because that's  More

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Over 6 years ago

This is the armpit of Montana. Been here 5 years and Bitten by 1 dog, assulted by 2 dog owners whose dogs came at me aggressively, then the owners, for protecting  More

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Over 7 years ago

I was excited about moving to Butte--I used to visit a lot in college, and fell in love with the history and scenery. Unfortunately, after the first few months in Butte,  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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