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Bloomington, MN vs Puyallup, WA

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- Puyallup spends 4.9% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.2% higher in Puyallup than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Puyallup had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, MNPuyallup, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,363$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,966$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11394573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Bloomington    3 Reviews

the cost of living is outrageous and the climate is one of the worst in the U.S. people are rude and traffic is  More

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bloomington is a comfortalble subarb, but their are huge diffrances between the east and west sides of town for example; shanty's ,housing thiry family members in a two  More

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Over 18 years ago

With the light rail and bus system, it's very easy to get around Bloomington as well as travel downtown. Still most people drive, however. If you want your older kids  More

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Reviews for Puyallup    10 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I moved here from FL a year and a half ago and I love Puyallup. The only other review was from someone who clearly wishes they were still in Colorado. It also seems they  More

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I just moved here from Colorado due to my job and it's definitely not what I had hoped for. It doesn't seem like a completely horrible place to live like Tacoma or other  More

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Over 11 years ago

Lived in the south Puget Sound area all my life and wouldn't live any where else. I've been to other states but this is it! Love being so close to the mountains, ocean  More

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