2025 Compare Cities Education:
Dumas, TX vs Madera, CA

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Highlights
- Madera spends 49.8% more per student than Dumas.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 67.7% higher in Madera than in Dumas. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madera had 18.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Dumas
 Dumas, TXMadera, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,999$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,341  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,031$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.85  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock72314573
 Students per Counselor524  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock26.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock59.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Dumas    2 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Lived here most of my life. It is, as another reviewer stated, unfortunately run by the large hispanic population. That in itself would not be bad at all because they  More

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Over 18 years ago

Dumas is a sleepy little town in the Texas Panhandle. Cost of living is low but so is quality of living. The town is dominated by the Hispanic population, many are  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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