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Lake Jackson, TX vs Madera, CA

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- Madera spends 13.9% more per student than Lake Jackson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.2% higher in Madera than in Lake Jackson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madera had 36.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Jackson
 Lake Jackson, TXMadera, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,999$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,822  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,031$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.05  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock72314573
 Students per Counselor393  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock26.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock59.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Lake Jackson    2 Reviews

Lake Jackson is a really nice place to raise a family. The schools are great in this part of the Brazosport area school district. The town has a lot of white collar  More

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Lake Jackson is an okayish place to grow up, but it is absolutely deadly for an adult. There's nothing there except chemical companies, cattle, and prison farms.   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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