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Bloomington, IN vs Grand Forks, ND

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- Grand Forks spends 20.3% more per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.0% lower in Grand Forks than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Forks had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, INGrand Forks, NDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,440$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,071  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2574573
 Students per Counselor569  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%1.5%
Reviews for Bloomington    25 Reviews

I have lived here for almost 23 years. Wonderful, cosmopolitan, safe, cultural, liberal, all-inclusive town, with plenty of arts, shopping, sports events and activities,  More

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Over 5 years ago

The city government of Bloomington is very famous for its corruption. The police of this city are famous for their inactivity and lack of professionalism. The judges  More

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Over 6 years ago

Terrible. There is nothing good about Bloomington, IN. Don’t live there. As for Catalent, there is one of those in my home town Woodstock, IL. It’s a pharmaceutical  More

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Reviews for Grand Forks    21 Reviews

I lived here for about a year and I can't say many good things about it. I'll start with the positives, it has low crime rate and stores are all close by. Negatives  More

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Over 8 years ago

I am a black male and recently moved to the area do to a job offer. For the most part the people are friendly. However if you are black be prepared to give an  More

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Over 12 years ago

If you try to get a job here, please know that there is a strong culture of support for bullying and verbal abuse. The HR department openly supports and assists  More

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