2025 Compare Cities Education:
Madison, WI vs Southaven, MS

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Highlights
- Southaven spends 50.2% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.2% higher in Southaven than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Southaven had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, WISouthaven, MSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,782$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,894$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9004573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Southaven    5 Reviews

Southaven, MS has grown tremendously over the last past 15 years. Many people from Memphis, TN has moved here. The housing is very affordable but jobs are hard to come  More

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Over 16 years ago

I am planning to relocate to Southaven Mississippi in March to be closer to my family in Memphis. I have over 20 years administrative assistant experience. Are there  More

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My wife and I relocated here recently back into her hometown of Southaven, MS. Since this time we have had our Garage Sale signs pulled up off of the street because of a  More

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