2025 Compare Cities Education:
Toledo, OH vs Bowling Green, KY

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Highlights
- Bowling Green spends 12.7% less per student than Toledo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.8% lower in Bowling Green than in Toledo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bowling Green had 2.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Toledo
 Toledo, OHBowling Green, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,687$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,072  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,777$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5534573
 Students per Counselor367  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Toledo    50 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I am a renter and the people are cold and disrespectful to you when you are disabled and single. They want to tell you want to do.They want you to make friends when the  More

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Perfect for parents with older children. We moved to Toledo, OH from Madison, WI months before the COVID quarantine in 2020. We cross-compared possible living areas in  More

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Toledoly Terrible! People are aggressive and understanding, after you are nice enough to them for way too long. The city looks like the bad parts of Detroit but does  More

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Reviews for Bowling Green    7 Reviews

I have lived in Bowling Green 12 years, prior to that I lived in the Terre Haute IN area. Compared to Terre Haute, my husband and I much prefer BG. The winters are much  More

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Over 7 years ago

I was born in BG 62 yrs ago. I left at 17 and returned in 2015. Compared to Texas & the west, BG is the worst. If you like sunshine (I do), it is horrible in BG.  More

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I have lived in Bowling Green for almost seven years now. I'm originally from the Oklahoma City/Moore OK area. My husband and I moved here for his job. Honestly,  More

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