2025 Compare Cities Education:
Oak Park, IL vs Madison, AL

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Highlights
- Madison spends 49.0% less per student than Oak Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.1% higher in Madison than in Oak Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Park
 Oak Park, ILMadison, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,176$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,898$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5644573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Oak Park    7 Reviews

We've lived in Oak Park for 25 years, raising our two children here. Now, looking ahead a few years, the Cost of Living (127), is a major factor in searching for  More

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I have grew up in the Oak Park area and have lived in other cities in the country. Oak Park is located outside of the city of Chicago. Though located reasonably  More

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Over 15 years ago

If you don't know any better you might think Oak Park is perfect. However, if you are like me and have other places as a comparison, you know better. I will say that  More

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Reviews for Madison    11 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

My wife and I moved from Atlanta, GA area in 2016 when I retired. We have now lived in Huntsville for 4 years and now in Madison for almost 4 years. We were thinking  More

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Low crime. Traffic not too bad even during peak times. Covert classim and racism. A stick with our own mentality. Not very diverse primarily just blacks and whites.  More

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Madison is nice. The schools are excellent, which is why we chose to live here. The job market is good for anyone with an engineering degree or ex military, but for  More

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