2025 Compare Cities Education:
Chicago, IL vs Madera, CA

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Highlights
- Madera spends 22.4% less per student than Chicago.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 54.3% higher in Madera than in Chicago. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madera had 30.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chicago
 Chicago, ILMadera, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,999$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,031$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock72314573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock26.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock59.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Chicago    270 Reviews

I've lived in Chicago city and later moved to suburbs when family size increased. Absolutely love this city. This is the cleanest and most beautiful among the major  More

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Chicago is probably the best value in a major city that you can find and my personal favorite city. It will become increasingly important as climate change makes the  More

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I've live on north side and south side, UIC medical center. Don't move here go to the north side. No good amenities, if you get bored with one there is no other choices.  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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