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Olympia, WA vs Bloomington, IL

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Highlights
- Bloomington spends 0.8% less per student than Olympia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.8% lower in Bloomington than in Olympia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomington had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olympia

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 Olympia, WABloomington, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,104$16,974$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$15,275$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,162$9,416$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio1813.1816.23
 Students per Librarian12465904573
 Students per Counselor439756530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%3.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.1%95.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%19.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.5%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.3%47.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.1%12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%1.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Olympia    39 Reviews

We moved here from Kitsap Bremerton/Silverdale WA area and this beats it all the way in all material ways. The only reason not to give it 5 stars is the cost of  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city is horrible. The business have been chased out by homeless. The city government makes it for difficult for businesses to thrive. If you like what Seattle is  More

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Having lived all over the world we decided to retire in Olympia and live on the Puget Sound. Yes it rains but the weather can change dramatically in a day with sun and  More

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Reviews for Bloomington    18 Reviews

If you're not from here it might be hard to figure out that Bloomington and Normal are actually one city mushed together, so make sure you look up info on Normal, IL  More

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Over 10 years ago

Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506
ZIPS IN BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS
61704 61701 61705

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