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Bloomington, IL vs Fanwood, NJ

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- Fanwood spends 37.8% more per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.1% lower in Fanwood than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fanwood had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILFanwood, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,387$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,582$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12834573
 Students per Counselor756  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.8%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 12 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 Fanwood    2 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

We are transplanted New Yorkers and this is our second NJ town in five years (Bogota was the first and it was not for us). We chose Fanwood because of its proximity to  More

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Have lived in this Central New Jersey small town..20yrs..Love it Close to Westfield, Scotch Plains and Cranford...affluent towns with lots of shops, great restaurants  More

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