2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, AL vs Russellville, AL

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Highlights
- Russellville spends 3.3% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.0% lower in Russellville than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Russellville had 28.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, ALRussellville, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,549$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,752  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3934573
 Students per Counselor470  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock69.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Russellville    2 Reviews

Do you like racists, homophobes, and hypocritical religious zealots? A place where everyone gossips about each other behind their backs and then pretend to be best  More

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Over 15 years ago

What can I say. Russellville is my hometown. My father started his business here and I continued it and changed it to a completely different business. This town is a  More

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