2025 Compare Cities Education:
Belmont, CA vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 26.8% less per student than Belmont.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.1% higher in Rochester than in Belmont. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 3.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Belmont
 Belmont, CARochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.69.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Belmont    2 Reviews

San Jose is within 25 miles to the South, San Francisco within 25 miles to the North. Half-moon bay (the coast) within 25 miles to the west, and Berkley/Oakland are  More

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Over 18 years ago

...if one is lucky and rich enough to avoid the native populace. Belmont lies in a corrador south of the race track where the proud tradition of vice continues to this  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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