2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bloomington, IL vs New Bedford, MA

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Highlights
- New Bedford spends 19.7% more per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.7% lower in New Bedford than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Bedford had 19.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILNew Bedford, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,311$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,937$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5294573
 Students per Counselor756  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock76.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 New Bedford    5 Reviews

Grew up here, returned here to assist family after lining/working South of Boston, San Diego, then North of Boston respectively. Outside of the quaint/Historic Downtown  More

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Over 13 years ago

Cold  More

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Over 15 years ago

While unemployment is always a problem here, this city is no worse than any other old Northeastern city. Yes, we do have crime and bad areas, just as any other city  More

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