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Bloomington, IL vs Broken Arrow, OK

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- Broken Arrow spends 35.3% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.8% higher in Broken Arrow than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Broken Arrow had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILBroken Arrow, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,987$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,073$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6584573
 Students per Counselor756  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Broken Arrow    5 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Broken Arrow is a nice place to live. With 88,000 people it still holds a small town atmosphere. It's affordable (although the state tax is high - 8.5%) and has  More

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Over 19 years ago

I am thinking about moving to the Broken Arrow area. I am looking for someone to help me out by sending me a newspaper, shopping guide or anything they think would be  More

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Housing here in Broken Arrow is relatively cheap if you are looking to buy a house you can usually get a 4 bedroom 2 bath about 2400 square foot home for around $130,000  More

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