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Bloomington, IL vs Fort Pierce, FL

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- Fort Pierce spends 34.1% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.9% higher in Fort Pierce than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Pierce had 17.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILFort Pierce, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,181$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,827$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11554573
 Students per Counselor756  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.8%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 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 Fort Pierce    4 Reviews

Fort Pierce has both beautiful pristine Atlantic Ocean Beaches and Indian River Lagoon state of the art marinas. The two are linked by the best ocean inlet in the state  More

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Over 19 years ago

Entertainment is  More

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Over 19 years ago

I moved here from Ohio nearly three years ago. It was fun at first...fishing,the beach and the winter weather was nice. But, after the honeymoon was over, I began to see  More

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