2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, AL vs Falls Church, VA

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Highlights
- Falls Church spends 80.4% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.8% lower in Falls Church than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Falls Church had 0.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, ALFalls Church, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,159$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,752  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,881$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8314573
 Students per Counselor470  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock2.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock34.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%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 Falls Church    10 Reviews

I grew up in Falls Church and lived there most of my 50 something years. It has gone from a mostly working class town to a upper-income crowded city. He powers that be  More

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Over 14 years ago

The (small) size and high quality of the Falls Church City public school system makes it ideal for families who juggle overseas assignments with stateside living in the  More

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I've lived in 3 different states and 30 different locations, and this by FAR the WORST air I've ever had to deal with!!! It's such a beautiful town, but don't be  More

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