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Murray, KY vs Bloomington, IL

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Highlights
- Bloomington spends 42.4% more per student than Murray.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.5% lower in Bloomington than in Murray. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomington had 4.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Murray

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 Murray, KYBloomington, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,924$16,974$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,075$15,275$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,278$9,416$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.5913.1816.23
 Students per Librarian6915904573
 Students per Counselor302756530
 Grade School Educ.3.4%1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%3.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.3%95.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%19.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.2%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.5%47.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.9%12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.2%1.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Murray    11 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

This is a town with 18,000 people and 15 banks. I had the law called on me for sitting at the end of washed out road, essentially a dead end, eating my meal and  More

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Over 12 years ago

I lived in Illinois for twenty years and have not had as many problems as I have had in the past four months living here in murray. There are alot of hateful people that  More

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Ive lived in murry for 5 years. Originally from Southern California. People say there is nothing to do in Murray. Well, if your looking for someone to entertain you  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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ZIPS IN MURRAY, KENTUCKY
42071
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61704 61701 61705

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