2025 Compare Cities Education:
Birmingham, AL vs Bloomington, IL

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Highlights
- Bloomington spends 28.6% more per student than Birmingham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.8% lower in Bloomington than in Birmingham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomington had 8.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Birmingham
 Birmingham, ALBloomington, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,974$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,144  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,416$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5904573
 Students per Counselor417  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  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 11 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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