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Madison, AL vs Hastings, NE

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Highlights
- Hastings spends 31.4% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.8% lower in Hastings than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hastings had 6.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, ALHastings, NEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,689$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,752  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,290$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3164573
 Students per Counselor470  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Hastings    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

The City's population is not as big as it says I don't think I don't think it has grown very much at all since the seventies in fact I think it has gotten smaller  More

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Hastings is home to Hastings College, one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges; the Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History and the Lied Super Screen  More

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Over 19 years ago

Hastings is where Kool-Aid was invented. This small city of 25,000 has several beautiful parks with lakes and streams. Hastings Lake is wonderful to take walk on wide  More

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