2025 Compare Cities Education:
Aberdeen, SD vs Rockford, IL

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Highlights
- Rockford spends 54.8% more per student than Aberdeen.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.3% higher in Rockford than in Aberdeen. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rockford had 8.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Aberdeen
 Aberdeen, SDRockford, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,393$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,388  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,283$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7954573
 Students per Counselor328  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Aberdeen    2 Reviews

I would like to here from someone that lives in aberdeen south dakota. We would like to relocate there. We live in the state of ohio,city is ravenna. We have kids. They  More

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Over 15 years ago

I moved to this town about two years ago. I could say a lot about the ups and downs of Aberdeen. Of the Good, its a very safe laid back community, almost too laid back.   More

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Reviews for Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 6 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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