2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rockford, MI vs Madison, AL

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Highlights
- Madison spends 23.8% less per student than Rockford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.2% higher in Madison than in Rockford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rockford
 Rockford, MIMadison, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,176$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,296  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,898$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5644573
 Students per Counselor681  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Rockford    3 Reviews

Rockford is the ideal community for just outside of the Grand Rapids city. Outstanding schools, kind people, and a sweet downtown. There are beautiful neighborhoods  More

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Over 13 years ago

I've lived here for 15 years and love it. I have raised three children in the schools here and they are among the best in the state. All the schools are blue ribbon  More

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Over 18 years ago

I love living in Rockford, it's small, quiet and close to every thing you need (Grand Rapids). I am planning to move to Melbourne, Florida within the next couple months,  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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