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Shakopee, MN vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester spends 13.0% less per student than Shakopee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.9% higher in Rochester than in Shakopee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 2.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shakopee

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 Shakopee, MNRochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,898$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,057$12,126$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,322$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2220.2116.23
 Students per Librarian8339264573
 Students per Counselor770435530
 Grade School Educ.3.5%2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%2.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.5%94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.1%15.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.8%11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.1%48.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.0%13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%5.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%3.6%1.5%

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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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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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ZIPS IN SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA
55379
ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
55901 55904 55902 55906 55905

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