2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, MS vs Arlington, WA

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Highlights
- Arlington spends 62.0% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.5% higher in Arlington than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Arlington had 6.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, MSArlington, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,718$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,118$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock15644573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Madison    19 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Forget everything you've heard about Mississippi. In 30 years, Madison and Ridgeland, sister cities, have grown from being whistle stop railroad communities into two of  More

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Madison is a beautiful city. I have been leaving here for 1year. Love it!! It's safe and has best school system in Mississippi.  More

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The Madison County area just north of Jackson is a growning community with excellent school systems both public and private. This provides oppportunity to select the  More

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Reviews for Arlington    4 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Arlington is a nice area, however the property taxes are very high. We built a home here in 2015 . The home is similar to the one we lived in in Arlington's "twin" city  More

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Arlington is north of Seattle. Like the entire Greater Seattle area, the quality of life is easy going. The weather is generally gentle all year long. A little snow in  More

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Over 16 years ago

We live on the West side of I-5, area known as Smokey Point/Lakewood/7 Lakes. As do several other family members. The area still has a very rural feeling without driving  More

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