2024 Compare Cities Education:
Bloomington, IL vs Tuscaloosa, AL

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Highlights
- Tuscaloosa spends 30.2% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 46.0% higher in Tuscaloosa than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tuscaloosa had 5.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILTuscaloosa, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,974$11,846$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275$9,927$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,416$5,597$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.1819.2416.23
 Students per Librarian5905284573
 Students per Counselor756396530
 Grade School Educ.1.9%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%7.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.0%90.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%18.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%37.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%11.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%4.0%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 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 Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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