2026 Compare Cities Education:
Madera, CA vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Iowa City spends 4.4% more per student than Madera.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.6% lower in Iowa City than in Madera. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 62.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Madera
 Madera, CAIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,354  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.0%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 Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 6 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 8 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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