2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, MS vs Mount Prospect, IL

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Highlights
- Mount Prospect spends 100.2% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.1% higher in Mount Prospect than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mount Prospect had 5.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, MSMount Prospect, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 Mount Prospect    4 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Because of powerful teachers unions, taxes are always rising and becoming unaffordable.   More

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Over 14 years ago

The PACE bus system is okay here if you want to go to the CTA L station,but getting around to different suburbs is a real  More

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Over 16 years ago

Although Mt. Prospect is incredibly diverse, housing is very expensive and the area doesn't have much charm. There are strip malls and a lot of traffic. The library is  More

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