2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bloomington, IL vs La Plata, MD

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Highlights
- La Plata spends 3.9% more per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.0% higher in La Plata than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- La Plata had 4.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILLa Plata, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,634$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,822$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9604573
 Students per Counselor756  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.2%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 La Plata    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Nice little town, but very expensive to live here, especially if one is retired on a fixed  More

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We have lived here for several years now. The schools are good and the teachers have been excellent. There are also several good private schools available. The people  More

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Terrible traffic, runaway growth, fast sliding into a  More

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