2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, AL vs Edwardsville, IL

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Highlights
- Edwardsville spends 24.7% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.8% lower in Edwardsville than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Edwardsville had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, ALEdwardsville, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,939$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,752  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,302$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock58374573
 Students per Counselor470  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%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 Edwardsville    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Edwardsville is a great town that is growing rapidly. The school district is one of the best in the area, it is the home of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville,  More

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Over 18 years ago

Lovely little town with over 75 miles of gorgeous, well maintained, wooded bike trails. Recreational biker's dream  More

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