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Bloomington, IL vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz spends 3.6% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 65.7% higher in Santa Cruz than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Cruz had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington

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 Bloomington, ILSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,974$16,364$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275$13,552$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,416$7,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.1821.8416.23
 Students per Librarian59062714573
 Students per Counselor756473530
 Grade School Educ.1.9%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%1.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.0%95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%19.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%56.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%4.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%5.5%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 Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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ZIPS IN BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS
61704 61701 61705
ZIPS IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
95060 95064

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