2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, AL vs Rolla, MO

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Highlights
- Rolla spends 8.9% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.0% lower in Rolla than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rolla had 3.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, ALRolla, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,174$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,752  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,036$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6544573
 Students per Counselor470  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.3%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 Rolla    11 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Rolla is somewhat dominated by missouri S&T (Missouri University of Science &Technology) formerly known as UMR. The student population is huge. This year alone there are  More

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When looking for a comfortable temporary home for an educational pit stop along the road of life, Rolla is a great place to do so. With our blue ribbon elementary  More

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Rolla is a great place to live, but it is getting worse. There are too many outsiders, imports, transplants from other states, interlopers moving in here. All they want  More

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