2025 Compare Cities Education:
Houma, LA vs Madison, AL

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Highlights
- Madison spends 1.9% more per student than Houma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.9% higher in Madison than in Houma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 15.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houma
 Houma, LAMadison, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,176$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,609  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,898$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5644573
 Students per Counselor381  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Houma    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I lived in Houma from 2 years of age until 61. If you love fishing, eating fried/boiled seafood, and enjoy hot humid weather, this is your town. Except for having easy  More

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Over 16 years ago

Houma has absolutely nothing to  More

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Over 17 years ago

Hot summers; significant hurricanes and tropical storms about once every 5  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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