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Hickory, NC vs Bloomington, IN

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- Bloomington spends 36.6% more per student than Hickory.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.5% lower in Bloomington than in Hickory. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomington had 5.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hickory
 Hickory, NCBloomington, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,668$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,282  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,286$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7914573
 Students per Counselor287  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.2%1.5%
Reviews for Hickory    8 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Hickory is has wonderful amenities such as the science museum, children's museum, aquarium, art museum, symphony orchestra, and great universities. Its not far from  More

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Over 3 years ago

Hickory is a nice place to live. There are great parks here. Glen Hilton is a beautiful park with lots of play structures and tall trees nice elevated walking path.  More

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Cons, No ethnic diversity"... How is that a "Con"? That means it has a rich traditional culture, where most people share a interest in the same  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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