2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bloomington, IN vs Palo Alto, CA

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Highlights
- Palo Alto spends 34.6% more per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 56.3% higher in Palo Alto than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palo Alto had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, INPalo Alto, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,071  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor569  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock30.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock16.0%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 Palo Alto    8 Reviews

The Bay Area in general, but Palo Alto specifically provides many of the qualities sought by many; the climate is beautiful, there is access to cultural and recreational  More

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Over 17 years ago

Very  More

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Over 18 years ago

VTA and SamsTrans and Caltrain all provide good service and most times frequency of service is  More

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