2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lansing, MI vs Madison, MS

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Highlights
- Madison spends 28.7% less per student than Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.0% lower in Madison than in Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 7.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lansing
 Lansing, MIMadison, MSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,940$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,934$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6334573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Lansing    28 Reviews

I am in my fifth house in the greater Lansing area since relocating here in 1997 from the tri-city area (Midland/Bay City/Saginaw). Pros: people are friendlier here-  More

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I first moved to Lansing in the early 2000s for grad school @ MSU, went away and returned after several years. I must say, the area has improved VERY significantly  More

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This is a really nice place to live and people here are friendly there is a lot to do and a wide variety of different people and belief systems if you know where to look  More

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Reviews for Madison    19 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Forget everything you've heard about Mississippi. In 30 years, Madison and Ridgeland, sister cities, have grown from being whistle stop railroad communities into two of  More

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Madison is a beautiful city. I have been leaving here for 1year. Love it!! It's safe and has best school system in Mississippi.  More

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The Madison County area just north of Jackson is a growning community with excellent school systems both public and private. This provides oppportunity to select the  More

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