2025 Compare Cities Education:
Brookfield, WI vs South Bend, IN

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Highlights
- South Bend spends 14.0% less per student than Brookfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.5% lower in South Bend than in Brookfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Bend had 9.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Brookfield
 Brookfield, WISouth Bend, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,718$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,133  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,138$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.51  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8994573
 Students per Counselor501  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Brookfield    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Overall I believe field is a great place to live and raise a family. Milwaukee certainly has its share of problems like any large metropolitan area. Overall I believe  More

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Over 14 years ago

I love Brookfield for the most part. The Elmbrook school district is amazing and test scores are always above average level. The one downfall of the city is that there  More

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About turn 35, and have lived in Brookfield for 9 years. Brookfield is broken into two parts, city and village, both are very safe- especially when compared to  More

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Reviews for South Bend    25 Reviews

When it comes to standard of living, neighborhoods, safety, schools, wage earners and tax dollar contributing citizens Mishawaka hands down, will always made better  More

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Moving here is much harder than growing up here, I know from many people I've talked to. When you grow up here you learn how to interact with people, everyone will seem  More

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I’ve lived in the city for 4 years now and have honestly had a good experience so far. I live in a quite neighborhood and have had no issues with crime or violence.  More

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