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Bloomington, IL vs Algonquin, IL

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- Algonquin spends 11.3% more per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.2% higher in Algonquin than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Algonquin had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILAlgonquin, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,892$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,697$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor756  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
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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Reviews for Algonquin    4 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Algonquin has really changed and grown, especially west algonquin. Politically though it leans conservative. That has not changed. People are nice though and they are  More

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Over 15 years ago

This town is practically Mayberry as far as crime goes.  More

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Over 18 years ago

Algonquin is a far northwest suburb of Chicago north of Elgin IL off of I90. The western part of Algonquin has shown significant growth and expansion over the past few  More

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