2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, MS vs Houston, TX

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Highlights
- Houston spends 17.2% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.3% higher in Houston than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Houston had 17.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, MSHouston, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,825$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,942$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14704573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Houston    371 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 3 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 3 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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