2024 Compare Cities Education:
Bloomington, IN vs Pittsfield, MA

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Highlights
- Pittsfield spends 71.0% more per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.4% lower in Pittsfield than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pittsfield had 1.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, INPittsfield, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,668$23,370$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,071$20,206$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,286$12,441$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.8110.316.23
 Students per Librarian7913974573
 Students per Counselor569370530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%5.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.2%92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.3%20.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.3%33.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.22.3%9.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree7.2%1.2%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 4 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 5 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 Pittsfield    6 Reviews

I have grown up in Pittsfield, moved away, and came back. The loss of the GE manufacturing plant in the 80's adversely affected this blue collar city. This is not the  More

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Pittsfield has done nothing to attract any form of business for the 40 of 47 years that I have lived here. The current tax rate is now 3.7% for business property - that  More

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Hello, I was surprised to see Pittsfield, MA, listed as one of the towns with least crime. We've had 4 shootings since the beginning of the year! Where do you get  More

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