2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bloomington, IN vs Parkland, FL

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Highlights
- Parkland spends 14.2% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.0% higher in Parkland than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Parkland had 4.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, INParkland, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,723$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,071  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,249$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor569  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%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 Parkland    8 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I am only 18 years old, but I have lived here for 10 years, more than half of my life. I attended Riverglades Elementary, Westglades middle, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas  More

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Over 11 years ago

Let's face it, South Florida has really gone downhill fast in the past 5-7 years. Maybe it was the economy crashing, maybe it was the influx of crazies and weirdos to  More

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Our family is from Chicago and we have been living here a year now. Our family settled in NE Parkland, which is considered the "older" section of town. I like it here!   More

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