2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bloomington, IL vs Detroit, MI

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Highlights
- Detroit spends 18.9% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.6% higher in Detroit than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Detroit had 13.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILDetroit, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,771$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,893$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14714573
 Students per Counselor756  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Detroit    116 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Have lived in the area for over a year (suburb of Grosse Pointe), but I work in downtown Detroit. I'm amazed at how cool this city is. So much to do and see, tat we  More

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Spent some time in the city but lived in multiple suburban areas in the metro area. I lived in Farmington Hills, Novi, Birmingham, and Rochester. Really, all were great.  More

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Cold, unfriendly, envious people within the city limits. The unfriendliness can turn into aggression and sometimes even bullying. Crabs in a barrel reside here and the  More

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