2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, MS vs Prospect, KY

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Highlights
- Prospect spends 42.8% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.5% higher in Prospect than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Prospect had 2.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, MSProspect, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,769$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4674573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.0%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 Prospect    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Although housing is more expensive than most other cities in Kentucky, as are the real estate taxes it is worth it for the piece of mind and the great schools. Otherwise  More

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Quick response to what was posted. I would say her post is inaccurate except for the part about taxes. People are friendlier and more laid back than the people up  More

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Everything is relative as the saying goes, but we transplanted here from Germantown, TN (which we loved)to Prospect, KY (suburb of Louisville). We find the people are  More

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