2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Dodge, IA vs Madison, AL

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Highlights
- Madison spends 23.7% less per student than Fort Dodge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.3% higher in Madison than in Fort Dodge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 8.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Dodge
 Fort Dodge, IAMadison, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,176$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,096  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,898$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.83  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5644573
 Students per Counselor345  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Dodge    4 Reviews

Corrupt politicians always scheming to funnel public money to wealthy private interests, creating a welfare dependent economy that will be imploding sooner than later,  More

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Over 10 years ago

Before moving to the Fort Dodge area please consider other options. The city is a decaying town, streets have definitely seen better days and are filthy. There are not  More

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Over 15 years ago

I see that everyone is rather hard on Fort Dodge. I grew up and lived there until I married and (like a failed pioneer) moved east to Gettysburg, Pa. It was the best  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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