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Madison, MS vs Prattville, AL

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Highlights
- Prattville spends 14.6% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.9% higher in Prattville than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Prattville had 5.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, MSPrattville, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,347$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,172$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5224573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%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.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%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 Prattville    3 Reviews

This city is a much better bet than Montgomery, but there is definitely not much to do. Most of the restaurants are chains, and there the bars are usually empty. A great  More

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Over 12 years ago

This area is extremely humid, near unbearable, in the summer  More

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Have lived in PVille for 10 years and love it. A great place to raise  More

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