2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, AL vs Colorado Springs, CO

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Highlights
- Colorado Springs spends 12.1% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.9% lower in Colorado Springs than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Colorado Springs had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, ALColorado Springs, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,529$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,752  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,663$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6214573
 Students per Counselor470  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Madison    11 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

My wife and I moved from Atlanta, GA area in 2016 when I retired. We have now lived in Huntsville for 4 years and now in Madison for almost 4 years. We were thinking  More

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Low crime. Traffic not too bad even during peak times. Covert classim and racism. A stick with our own mentality. Not very diverse primarily just blacks and whites.  More

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Madison is nice. The schools are excellent, which is why we chose to live here. The job market is good for anyone with an engineering degree or ex military, but for  More

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Reviews for Colorado Springs    199 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I grew up in Colorado Springs, left for the military, and moved back in 2008. It is not the same place I grew up in or what it was 15 years ago. High crime,  More

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Over 1 years ago

Moved here from san diego. All expenses went up with exception to gas. San diego may not have an affordable housing market, but with all others equal san diego is still  More

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Moved here in the summer from one of the hottest places on earth and my quality of life has gone up dramatically. I can walk outside, there are enormous mountains to  More

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