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Madison, MS vs Dalton, GA

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Highlights
- Dalton spends 38.6% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.9% lower in Dalton than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dalton had 29.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, MSDalton, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,165$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,252$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3694573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock20.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock68.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Dalton    10 Reviews

I reside on the outskirts of dalton near chatsworth ,ga or murray county! I have lived here for 26 years and absolutely love our small mountain town with the blueridge  More

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DON'T move here. Seriously,I was staying here with family for a short time and boy did I hate it there's no jobs,unless you wanna work at Wal-Mart or you're used to not  More

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I came to Dalton in 1998, I have work in just about any area of the industry. Yes! there is lots of work in the carpet industry, but only very few get to have the best  More

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