2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bloomington, IL vs Rochester, NY

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 59.8% more per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.6% lower in Rochester than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 13.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILRochester, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$27,131$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,281$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6654573
 Students per Counselor756  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%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 Rochester    79 Reviews

Stay out of the rougher patches, and you'll find a pretty solid city. I live within close proximity to it, and the crime from it DOES rub off on us (auto theft), but  More

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Rochester isn't perfect (I'll detail pros and cons), but it's certainly perfect for me and my husband. We've lived here for 4 years and are getting ready to purchase our  More

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Rochester is a scenic city with so much to offer in terms of things to do and having 4 seasons, except the summer is more like a long spring!! It's a relatively unknown  More

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