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Bloomington, IN vs Oak Ridge, TN

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Highlights
- Oak Ridge spends 10.0% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.1% lower in Oak Ridge than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oak Ridge had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington

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 Bloomington, INOak Ridge, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,668$12,296$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,071$11,054$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,286$6,469$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.8113.7916.23
 Students per Librarian7916044573
 Students per Counselor569554530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.2%92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.3%22.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.3%38.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.22.3%10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%2.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree7.2%5.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Bloomington    25 Reviews

I have lived here for almost 23 years. Wonderful, cosmopolitan, safe, cultural, liberal, all-inclusive town, with plenty of arts, shopping, sports events and activities,  More

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Over 4 years ago

The city government of Bloomington is very famous for its corruption. The police of this city are famous for their inactivity and lack of professionalism. The judges  More

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Over 5 years ago

Terrible. There is nothing good about Bloomington, IN. Don’t live there. As for Catalent, there is one of those in my home town Woodstock, IL. It’s a pharmaceutical  More

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Reviews for Oak Ridge    8 Reviews

Overall it's on the positive side. It's pretty boring but it can feel like a real home at times. It could stand to be a hair closer to Western Knoxville.. Melton lake  More

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Over 4 years ago

Oak Ridge is located in beautiful East TN, has excellent public schools, is very safe for families, and is only 15-30 min away from Knoxville.  More

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Marginal, at best. Lack of social and business skills to perform anything but menial tasks. No clue about customer service, business etiquette or basic business  More

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ZIPS IN BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
47405 47406
ZIPS IN OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE
37830

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