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Madison, AL vs Ridgefield, WA

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Highlights
- Ridgefield spends 70.9% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.2% lower in Ridgefield than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ridgefield had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, ALRidgefield, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,098$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,752  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10424573
 Students per Counselor470  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 Ridgefield    3 Reviews

We have lived in Ridgefield for 16 years. Seen it grow into one of the best places to live in America - if not the best. Not far from I-15, best schools in State,  More

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Over 18 years ago

but it's gotten overrun with yuppie types. Probably what the people that lived here when I moved in thought,  More

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Moved here fifteen years ago from the Montclair area of the Bay Area. Wanted the best of San Francisco Bay Area without the traffic, over population. Less than 20  More

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