2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pasadena, CA vs Madison, AL

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Highlights
- Madison spends 35.9% less per student than Pasadena.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.3% lower in Madison than in Pasadena. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 8.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pasadena
 Pasadena, CAMadison, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,176$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,898$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5644573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Pasadena    19 Reviews

Pasadena is a little slice of the world in the foothills above the San Gabriel Valley. It has everything you could want. Check out my video on the cost of living in  More

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Over 10 years ago

The weather in Pasadena, CA is rather pleasant. It does not get cold here, it used to be around the first two weeks of December it could go down to 32-28 F, only a few  More

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Over 11 years ago

Great place to live for all ages and enjoy mostly sunny  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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