2026 Compare Cities Education:
Madera, CA vs Orangeburg, SC

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Highlights
- Orangeburg spends 14.9% less per student than Madera.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.5% lower in Orangeburg than in Madera. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Orangeburg had 43.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Madera
 Madera, CAOrangeburg, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,462$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,354  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,775$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2524573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock17.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Orangeburg    4 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I moved to Orangeburg 7 months ago from up north and have mostly learned/adapted to enjoy it. I’ll admit I was worried about the crime statistics, but there are very  More

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Avoid this town  More

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Over 11 years ago

Summer stars in April/May. Too many near 100 degree days. High humidity Little to do other then work. We are not church goers so meeting people is not easy. There  More

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