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Bloomington, IL vs Evanston, IL

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Highlights
- Evanston spends 29.1% more per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.0% higher in Evanston than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Evanston had 0.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILEvanston, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor756  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.7%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 Evanston    20 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

be sure to take pictures of where you park... Full-scale parking scam going on in this town. They purposely obscure self-pay parking signs. Nine out of 10 visitors  More

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I've lived here for two years for school. Terrible place for students. Northwestern is a great school/campus, but the city itself is NOT student friendly. Everything  More

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Aside from everything else mentioned on this site about the bad aspects of Evanston - bot be overlooked is the NOISE. The People's Republic of Evanston CATERS to the  More

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