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Port Arthur, TX vs Bloomington, IN

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- Bloomington spends 7.6% more per student than Port Arthur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.4% lower in Bloomington than in Port Arthur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomington had 21.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Port Arthur
 Port Arthur, TXBloomington, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,668$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,864  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,286$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7914573
 Students per Counselor422  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.10.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.2%1.5%
Reviews for Port Arthur    9 Reviews

Port arthur and surrounding areas CONS: hot and very humid summers cant go outside during summer hungry mosquitos chase you. Most pdople on the road especially with  More

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Over 11 years ago

Seattle, here we  More

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Over 12 years ago

I live in the Port Acres area of Port Arthur and I like the rural area very much. I do have to wonder what kind of hallucinogenic drugs he had used prior to writing his  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 6 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 7 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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