2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, MS vs Santa Rosa, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Rosa spends 54.0% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 49.1% higher in Santa Rosa than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Rosa had 11.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, MSSanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock142404573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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