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Bloomington, IL vs Olathe, KS

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Highlights
- Olathe spends 18.0% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.7% higher in Olathe than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olathe had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington

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 Bloomington, ILOlathe, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,974$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275$11,650$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,416$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.1813.4116.23
 Students per Librarian5904994573
 Students per Counselor756409530
 Grade School Educ.1.9%2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%3.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.0%94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%50.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%14.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%2.1%1.5%

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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 10 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 Olathe    15 Reviews

I've lived in Olathe for 12 years. Olathe is a quiet bedroom community with great schools. 21st Century program provides many career path choices at the high school  More

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Over 6 years ago

I'm just going to give it right to ya! Olathe is closer of a normal mid-class neighborhood than say; Overland Park$$$. And if you like hoe-down country style, go South  More

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Lived in Olathe since about 1980. I can say Olathe is a great place to make a living, live life etc. It's one of those places that the UPS driver can leave a package  More

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ZIPS IN BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS
61704 61701 61705
ZIPS IN OLATHE, KANSAS
66062 66061

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