2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bloomington, IN vs Syracuse, NY

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Highlights
- Syracuse spends 79.6% more per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.0% lower in Syracuse than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Syracuse had 10.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, INSyracuse, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,543$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,071  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,960$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6214573
 Students per Counselor569  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 Syracuse    59 Reviews

I've lived in Syracuse, NY my entire life. The majority of my family and friends are from here as well. I love the Syracuse sports teams and have done so since I was a  More

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I was born 30 miles from Syracuse,, moved away to travel all over the USA, living in about 8 different cities, then came to live in Syracuse, NY. I have been here for 20  More

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I’ll start by saying I’ve lived here my whole life. I have only lived here but can’t wait to move out. I’ll lay out some pros and cons. Pros: it has a decent downtown  More

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