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Bloomington, IL vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Bend spends 6.2% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.6% higher in Bend than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bend had 0.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington

Education
 Bloomington, ILBend, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,974$15,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275$10,841$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,416$6,451$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.1818.816.23
 Students per Librarian5906024573
 Students per Counselor756268530
 Grade School Educ.1.9%1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%2.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.0%95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%23.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%46.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%3.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%2.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Bloomington    18 Reviews

If you're not from here it might be hard to figure out that Bloomington and Normal are actually one city mushed together, so make sure you look up info on Normal, IL  More

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Over 10 years ago

Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 3 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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ZIPS IN BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS
61704 61701 61705
ZIPS IN BEND, OREGON
97701 97702

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