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Madera, CA vs Alameda, CA

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Highlights
- Alameda spends 4.6% more per student than Madera.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.3% higher in Alameda than in Madera. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alameda had 54.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Madera
 Madera, CAAlameda, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,354  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%1.5%
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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Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  More

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