2025 Compare Cities Education:
Athens, AL vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 48.0% more per student than Athens.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.6% lower in Rochester than in Athens. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 7.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Athens
 Athens, ALRochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,000  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio30.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor588  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Athens    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Nice place to  More

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Over 19 years ago

Can anyone comment on the humidity in or around Athens? Is the humidity only high in the summer? What about tornadoes in the  More

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Athens, Alabama is a good place to live. Although, there are few technical jobs there Huntsville is only a 30 minute drive away. Athens is a quiet town and an excellent  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 5 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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