2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Mountain Brook, AL

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Highlights
- Mountain Brook spends 25.2% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 46.4% higher in Mountain Brook than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mountain Brook had 4.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WIMountain Brook, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5474573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock2.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%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 Mountain Brook    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Life's good in Mountain Brook! My father was in a hospital for surgery in Birmingham. I got lost and found myself wandering through gorgeous, wooded Montain Brook. Very  More

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