2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bloomington, IN vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 22.2% more per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 52.1% higher in Santa Barbara than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 6.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, INSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,071  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor569  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%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 Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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