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Bloomington, IL vs San Jose, CA

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Highlights
- San Jose spends 8.4% more per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 63.8% higher in San Jose than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Jose had 10.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington

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 Bloomington, ILSan Jose, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,974$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275$14,141$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,416$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.1821.5916.23
 Students per Librarian59065284573
 Students per Counselor756646530
 Grade School Educ.1.9%8.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.0%85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%16.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%45.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%2.8%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 San Jose    90 Reviews

I've lived in west San Jose/Cambrian, between Los Gatos and Almaden SJ since 1997. This side of town somehow avoided the erosion of the American dream. Houses are  More

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I lived in San Jose for 40 years. That’s during the most exciting time when the Silicon Valley was booming with real technology and San Jose was ranked as the safest big  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in San Jose, CA for 25 years. This city is being over run with crime and gangs. The cost of living is very high. Granted, you are so close to mountains,  More

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ZIPS IN BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS
61704 61701 61705
ZIPS IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
95123, 95127, 95111, 95112, 95122, 95116, 95125, 95124, 95148, 95136, 31 total

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