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The Villages, FL vs Madison, AL

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Highlights
- Madison spends 3.9% more per student than The Villages.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.2% higher in Madison than in The Villages. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to The Villages
 The Villages, FLMadison, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,176$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,215  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,898$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5644573
 Students per Counselor343  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for The Villages    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

The Village’s is a great place to ride your bike with all the many bike trails or golf cart trails to ride on, the problem with this place that ive experienced with this  More

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Over 5 years ago

we were considering the Villages but honestly, not interested in living in a place where people do not support our president, that is  More

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Over 6 years ago

Since 2010, it has had a population growth of 85.0%, which is a bit low compared to 2020. As for the Cons - Violent Crime - This is definitely not true. It might be in  More

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Reviews for Madison    11 Reviews

Over 2 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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