2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madera, CA vs Carson City, NV

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Highlights
- Carson City spends 45.7% less per student than Madera.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.5% higher in Carson City than in Madera. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carson City had 46.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Madera
 Madera, CACarson City, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,224$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,354  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21784573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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