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Bloomington, IL vs Lockhart, TX

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Highlights
- Lockhart spends 33.0% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.6% higher in Lockhart than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lockhart had 12.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILLockhart, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,379$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,566$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12314573
 Students per Counselor756  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 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 Lockhart    2 Reviews

Lockhart's cost of living is better than Austin in several ways. While Austin is only a short 30 minute drive and the traffic there is unbearable, Lockhart has typical  More

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Over 17 years ago

a nice little town, we moved here from calif and we love it. my husband works in austin its a very easy commute on the toll way. its a pretty historic town with lots of  More

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