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Bloomington, IL vs Richmond, KY

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 36.3% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.2% higher in Richmond than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 6.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington

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 Bloomington, ILRichmond, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,974$10,810$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275$9,886$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,416$6,003$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.1815.3116.23
 Students per Librarian5906064573
 Students per Counselor756527530
 Grade School Educ.1.9%3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%7.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.0%88.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%20.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%34.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%9.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%3.1%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 Richmond    4 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Keep this between us... Richmond is a hidden gem. A small university town close to a large city (Lexington is 30 minutes away) and less than two hour from very large  More

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For a smallish town, Richmond offers a convenient location and great small restaurants. Fortunately it is also wedged between Lexington and little Berea, both with more  More

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Over 15 years ago

Major university town of small size (30,000), and conveniently located 30 miles from Lexington,  More

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ZIPS IN BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS
61704 61701 61705
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40475

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