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Rochester, MN vs Cortez, CO

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Highlights
- Cortez spends 8.8% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.0% lower in Cortez than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cortez had 0.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester

Education
 Rochester, MNCortez, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,702$13,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126$10,082$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,869$5,257$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.2115.5616.23
 Students per Librarian9269094573
 Students per Counselor435206530
 Grade School Educ.2.7%2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%3.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.4%93.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%22.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.3%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%33.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.1%11.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.6%0.9%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Cortez    6 Reviews

A digital nomad / nature lover's sunny, perfect weather paradise, at half the cost of touristy Durango. Cortez is Colorado's under-the-radar town that's mostly only  More

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I moved out to Cortez, Colorado after a 30 day trip around the US. Of all the places I visited, this was the place I deemed best to move for a multitude of reasons. It  More

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I've live on this area and cannot recommend it to anyone. Cortez and Montezuma county are horrible. School are bad. After meeting several local teachers I am surprised  More

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ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
55901 55904 55902 55906 55905
ZIPS IN CORTEZ, COLORADO
81321

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