2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bloomington, IL vs South Bend, IN

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Highlights
- South Bend spends 25.1% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.9% higher in South Bend than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Bend had 7.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILSouth Bend, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,718$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,138$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8994573
 Students per Counselor756  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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 South Bend    25 Reviews

When it comes to standard of living, neighborhoods, safety, schools, wage earners and tax dollar contributing citizens Mishawaka hands down, will always made better  More

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Moving here is much harder than growing up here, I know from many people I've talked to. When you grow up here you learn how to interact with people, everyone will seem  More

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I’ve lived in the city for 4 years now and have honestly had a good experience so far. I live in a quite neighborhood and have had no issues with crime or violence.  More

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