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Rochester, MN vs Winston-Salem, NC

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Highlights
- Winston-Salem spends 28.4% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.5% lower in Winston-Salem than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Winston-Salem had 6.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester

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 Rochester, MNWinston-Salem, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,702$10,533$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126$9,824$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,869$6,505$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.2114.8616.23
 Students per Librarian9265164573
 Students per Counselor435347530
 Grade School Educ.2.7%4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%7.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.4%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%20.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.3%7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%34.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.1%9.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%2.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.6%2.2%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 Winston-Salem    26 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Winston Salem is a corrupt and sad city. Many residents aren't open to new comers and crime is rampant. The abysmal crime rate is due in part to the corrupt and  More

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Over 4 years ago

I’ve lived here since 2008 and the community is beautiful and quiet. Convenient to everything and if you’re not a lazy person you can walk to Walmart, the bank,  More

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I didn't fully appreciate WS until I left. I still have family and friends there, and when I visit (I've lived in various places, now in the midwest for about 20 years)  More

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ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
55901 55904 55902 55906 55905
ZIPS IN WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
27106, 27107, 27105, 27127, 27103, 27104, 27101, 27040, 27109, 27110, 10 total

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