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Bloomington, IL vs Sunnyvale, CA

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Highlights
- Sunnyvale spends 8.4% more per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 63.8% higher in Sunnyvale than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunnyvale had 1.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILSunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor756  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.5%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 Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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