2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bloomington, IL vs Mankato, MN

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- Mankato spends 16.4% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.5% higher in Mankato than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mankato had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILMankato, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,198$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,208$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4754573
 Students per Counselor756  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%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 Mankato    4 Reviews

Mankato, MN is a small community that has some nice features (small concerts, theatre, parks, etc.) but unfortunately every time you turn around there is a new social  More

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It depends on what your view of culture is. For a city of about 60,000 it does have SOME. You need to look to find it. Start at Minnesota State, from national  More

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Over 13 years ago

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