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Bloomington, IL vs Bloomington, MN

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- Bloomington spends 13.7% more per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.9% higher in Bloomington than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomington had 2.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILBloomington, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,300$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,461$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7534573
 Students per Counselor756  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Bloomington    3 Reviews

the cost of living is outrageous and the climate is one of the worst in the U.S. people are rude and traffic is  More

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bloomington is a comfortalble subarb, but their are huge diffrances between the east and west sides of town for example; shanty's ,housing thiry family members in a two  More

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Over 18 years ago

With the light rail and bus system, it's very easy to get around Bloomington as well as travel downtown. Still most people drive, however. If you want your older kids  More

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