2025 Compare Cities Education:
Forest Park, IL vs Bloomington, IN

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Highlights
- Bloomington spends 37.6% less per student than Forest Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.1% lower in Bloomington than in Forest Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomington had 1.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Forest Park
 Forest Park, ILBloomington, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,668$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,286$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7914573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.2%1.5%
Reviews for Forest Park    2 Reviews

Lived here in Forest Park since 2017, and I can safely say it’s getting worse. As a matter of fact, just 2 days ago while moving my stuff out of my old apartment, a  More

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Over 14 years ago

I've lived in Forest Park twice and love it. Convenience to Eisenhower and downtown or West Suburbs as I worked in Hillside. I was single male in late 20's with  More

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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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