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

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Highlights
- Madison spends 26.7% less per student than Sacramento.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.7% lower in Madison than in Sacramento. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 12.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sacramento
 Sacramento, CAMadison, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,176$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,484  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,898$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5644573
 Students per Counselor641  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Sacramento    117 Reviews

It is easy to say negative things about Sacramento as we have many problems that are common throughout California. Crime & homelessness rates are high here. Housing is  More

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High, high crime rate and car theft capitol of the country. Everyone knows someone who’s had their car stolen or have had their own car stolen. Sacramento’s violent  More

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The city is very mixed. I will start off by saying it has some excellent historical and educational sites to look at. It is a contractual obligation that you look at the  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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