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Ottawa, IL vs Madisonville, TN

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Highlights
- Madisonville spends 50.8% less per student than Ottawa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.0% higher in Madisonville than in Ottawa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madisonville had 15.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ottawa
 Ottawa, ILMadisonville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,643$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,637$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5894573
 Students per Counselor613  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock77.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Ottawa    6 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Have all of the radiation sites been cleaned up? If not, did the tornado stir up and blast some radiation from these sites to other  More

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Over 11 years ago

Good location with low cost of living and close enough to Chicago and suburbs to take advantage of their  More

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Over 15 years ago

Although Ottawa is a very nice place to live, living here is becoming rediculous...as taxes go. I bought a house less then four years ago and my taxed went from  More

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Reviews for Madisonville    3 Reviews

I lived in Memphis for the last 20 years, then we moved to Madisonville in the Fall of 2020. This is a great small town to live in. Everyone I've met is extremely  More

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Over 16 years ago

I just moved here about 2 months ago , and this by far is the most beautiful, scenic city I have resided in . We have alot of farm animals here, lots of rolling hills  More

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I moved here about 4 years ago. I have lived in several places before but over all this area is one of the most beautiful. I have not been in one area of Monroe County  More

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