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Bloomington, IN vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Monica spends 27.5% more per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 58.3% higher in Santa Monica than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Monica had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, INSanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,071  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor569  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.3%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.  Unlock17.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%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 Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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