2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, MS vs Minneapolis, MN

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Highlights
- Minneapolis spends 76.4% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.1% higher in Minneapolis than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Minneapolis had 6.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, MSMinneapolis, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,300$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,461$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7534573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.2%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.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%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 Minneapolis    163 Reviews

Lived here since 2007. Great city. I would’ve gave it 5 stars but the winter weather ??. Great for many, I’m burned out on it. We’re the coldest major city in the US and  More

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It’s not Minnesota nice, it’s sardonic.. we know you’re full of **** but we will play along for a while, make you uncomfortable for attempting to pull one over on us..  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived in Minneapolis (or St. Paul or Stillwater) for 20 years. Minneapolis is a very livable city. It has quality museums, good transportation, excellent healthcare,  More

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