2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, MS vs Wilmington, NC

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Highlights
- Wilmington spends 12.5% more per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.5% higher in Wilmington than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wilmington had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, MSWilmington, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,310$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,430$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7234573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Wilmington    71 Reviews

I was born here and I will update more at a later time. First and most important, teh average cost of a 1br apt in Wilmington is approximately $1,800. Rentals have  More

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I think that a lot has changed since covid for this city and will continue to keep changing with our insane economy. But I was born and raised in Wilmington and have  More

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Scotty · 

Wilmington NC was once a wonderful city filled with Southern charm, history, safety and natural beauty. Recently that has been replaced by erasing everything Southern or  More

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