2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, MS vs Big Spring, TX

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Highlights
- Big Spring spends 10.4% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.5% lower in Big Spring than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Big Spring had 19.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, MSBig Spring, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,082$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,778$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11414573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.7%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 Big Spring    4 Reviews

I lived in Big Spring for a few years.i loved it.Being from the East it was an adventure. Cactus,roadrunners,rodeos,rattlesnake roundup.cattle,possum kingdom lake.I  More

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Over 8 years ago

We picked Big Spring over Midland because of the rolling hills and nature. True there isn't a lot to do here except hike or run the mountain. There is a small movie  More

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Over 16 years ago

One of the worse places to live in the United States. Ranks in the top 17 Texas cities with the highest property taxes. Ranks at the extreme low end of education  More

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