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Bloomington, MN vs Rifle, CO

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Highlights
- Rifle spends 28.7% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.0% lower in Rifle than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rifle had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, MNRifle, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,757$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,791$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Rifle    6 Reviews

I love the Western Slope!! While there are a lot of good things to be said about the Western Slope of Colorado, which Rifle is, there are some concerning things as  More

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Been living in the area for 3 years, Rifle for half of that. The city recently upgraded the water facilities, and the north half of I-70 no longer has the nasty hard  More

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Over 8 years ago

This area has a heroin/meth problem. It doesn't really impact you if you avoid it, but you tend to see a lot of tweakers/beggars/homeless around town. Water is not that  More

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