2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bloomington, IN vs Jonesboro, AR

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Highlights
- Jonesboro spends 26.4% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.9% higher in Jonesboro than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jonesboro had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, INJonesboro, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,071  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,566$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5434573
 Students per Counselor569  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Jonesboro    18 Reviews

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I have lived in Jonesboro for 25 years and have enjoyed seeing the economic growth of this community. My children are able to attend a great public school and my wife  More

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Over 5 years ago

Yikes, this is one of those places that used to have sundown town policies in place well into the 20th century. Welcome to the conservative, baptist South.  More

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Ashamed of Jonesboro! I was born and raised there back in the late 70's and 80's We never heard of killings, not much of drugs, we were able to play outside, Nettleton  More

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