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Kankakee, IL vs Bloomington, IL

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Highlights
- Bloomington spends 6.3% less per student than Kankakee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.2% lower in Bloomington than in Kankakee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomington had 21.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Kankakee

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 Kankakee, ILBloomington, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,117$16,974$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,685$15,275$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,715$9,416$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.3513.1816.23
 Students per Librarian15755904573
 Students per Counselor670756530
 Grade School Educ.8.2%1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.5%3.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.78.3%95.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.7%19.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.5%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.4%47.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.1%12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.4%1.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Kankakee    5 Reviews

Kankakee was always a blue-collar city. My father had a business, and now I carry it on. That's the only reason I live in Kankakee anymore. Forty years ago, the  More

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Honestly, quite depressing. The people are rude, the place is very unkept - not sure if they have a City Planner or if they really understand the concept. Even the  More

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Moved here from AR 19 months ago. This is the most depressing area I've ever been to and I have been in almost all 50 States - big City and small (this includes all  More

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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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