2024 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Mill, SC vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 2.1% more per student than Fort Mill.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.6% higher in Rochester than in Fort Mill. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 3.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Mill
 Fort Mill, SCRochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,396$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,160$12,126$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,408$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.620.2116.23
 Students per Librarian5759264573
 Students per Counselor313435530
 Grade School Educ.0.6%2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%2.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.3%94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%15.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.8%48.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.3%13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%5.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Mill    12 Reviews

I am from England and I visited Fort Mill to stay with family friends in 1981 and 1986. Although that was a long time ago I enjoyed meeting wonderful friendly people and  More

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Hello. We're thinking of moving to Fort Mill from NJ this summer. My youngest will be a sophomore in high school so the quality of the school system is paramount, as is  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here two years and don't feel the school live up to the reviews. It is very crowded here and traffic is rough. The building never stops. The mayor is a  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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