2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Andalusia, AL

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Highlights
- Andalusia spends 40.7% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.9% higher in Andalusia than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Andalusia had 10.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIAndalusia, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,851$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4074573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Madison    78 Reviews

Unfortunately, a number of these reviews are politically based. Madison remains the only shining star in Wisconsin’s economy. The economy is broadly based, with  More

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Have been living in Madison for almost 3 years. It’s very safe, ppl generally friendly and for a town of its size it has fair number of good restaurants and interesting  More

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Lacks balance and zero accountability.   More

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Reviews for Andalusia    3 Reviews

I grew up here, but have lived in several other places in my life (including Niceville Fl. and Austin and Houston, Texas). I go back often to visit family and Andy has  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for twelve years.  More

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Over 17 years ago

the cost of living is low here because the wages are also  More

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