2025 Compare Cities Education:
Athens, OH vs Bloomington, IN

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Highlights
- Bloomington spends 14.5% less per student than Athens.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.6% lower in Bloomington than in Athens. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomington had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Athens
 Athens, OHBloomington, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,668$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,769  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,286$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7914573
 Students per Counselor387  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.2%1.5%
Reviews for Athens    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

great place to live. small town feel with alot of what a bigger town has to  More

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Over 18 years ago

Virtually no crime in  More

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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 5 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 6 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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