2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madera, CA vs Monterey, CA

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Highlights
- Monterey spends 9.6% less per student than Madera.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% higher in Monterey than in Madera. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Monterey had 57.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Madera
 Madera, CAMonterey, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,354  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%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 Monterey    21 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

The Monterey city area is an excellent place to live and one of the few California locales where it's relatively safe to raise a family. If I could no longer live here I  More

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I grew up on the Monterey Peninsula and had to leave to climb out of poverty. The median income is $35,000 and outside of the military, the jobs are mostly service  More

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My husband and I are just crazy about Monterey. I wonder if we take housing expenses (mortgage or rent) out of the picture, is Monterey still a very expensive city to  More

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