2024 Compare Cities Education:
Athens, TX vs Bloomington, IL

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Highlights
- Bloomington spends 21.1% more per student than Athens.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.1% higher in Bloomington than in Athens. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomington had 18.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Athens
 Athens, TXBloomington, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,011$16,974$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,459$15,275$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,450$9,416$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.1713.1816.23
 Students per Librarian26205904573
 Students per Counselor422756530
 Grade School Educ.8.1%1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.6%3.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.80.4%95.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%19.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.3.7%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.5%47.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.5%12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.4%1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Athens    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Athens is a beautiful east Texas town. It is clean and friendly, but no one gets in a hurry! The traffic light are terrible, you have to stop at every one. They have  More

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Athens is a charming and nice community. Its clean and well thought- out. It could use more industry...but, so could east Texas in general. A big plus, is that Athens  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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