2025 Compare Cities Education:
Palo Alto, CA vs Madison, AL

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Highlights
- Madison spends 39.3% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.2% lower in Madison than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CAMadison, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,176$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,898$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5644573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Palo Alto    8 Reviews

The Bay Area in general, but Palo Alto specifically provides many of the qualities sought by many; the climate is beautiful, there is access to cultural and recreational  More

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Over 17 years ago

Very  More

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Over 18 years ago

VTA and SamsTrans and Caltrain all provide good service and most times frequency of service is  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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