2025 Compare Cities Education:
Champaign, IL vs Madison, AL

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Highlights
- Madison spends 45.4% less per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.6% higher in Madison than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign
 Champaign, ILMadison, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,176$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,898$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5644573
 Students per Counselor486  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  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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