2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, MS vs Irvine, CA

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Highlights
- Irvine spends 39.6% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 66.3% higher in Irvine than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Irvine had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, MSIrvine, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%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 Irvine    42 Reviews

We've lived in Irvine since '87. We have raised two children within the ISUD. Both are grown up. Sure, there have been many changes since then.. the City has  More

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I've lived in Irvine for 2 years and in Orange County for 10 so I'm pretty familiar with the area by now and all it has to offer. Perhaps my review of this place has  More

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I wouldn't live elsewhere. I originally moved to Irvine in 2002 from the Midwest, not knowing what it even was. I left and moved around a great deal locally in OC,  More

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