2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, AL vs Stockton, CA

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Highlights
- Stockton spends 28.3% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.2% higher in Stockton than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Stockton had 19.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, ALStockton, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,344$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,752  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,464$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock234364573
 Students per Counselor470  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Stockton    39 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

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Over 5 years ago

Since living here, i have been subjected to several hate crimes, and for NO REASON. spent week at french camp county hospital, after being beaten in a coma by group of  More

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I’ve lived in Stockton, CA for 10 of the last 11 years. I’ve lived in Sacramento, Vacaville, Los Angeles and Monterey in California. I’ve also lived in Duluth, Minnesota  More

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