2025 Compare Cities Education:
Salem, MA vs Bloomington, IN

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Highlights
- Bloomington spends 32.4% less per student than Salem.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.7% higher in Bloomington than in Salem. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomington had 1.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Salem
 Salem, MABloomington, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,668$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,386  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,286$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.04  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7914573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.2%1.5%
Reviews for Salem    4 Reviews

I've been in Salem, Massachusetts for a year now because it brought me up here for my husband's job. Salem may be a great place to visit during Halloween but other  More

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Over 12 years ago

My husband and I move to Salem, MA from Long Island NY five years ago and we love it! We kept on visiting for Halloween and we just decided to move here for the hell of  More

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Over 18 years ago

We are family friendly, albeit strange. We celebrate Halloween for a month. Check out the Haunted Happenings  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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