2025 Compare Cities Education:
Brookfield, CT vs Rochester, NY

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 18.0% more per student than Brookfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.8% lower in Rochester than in Brookfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 14.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Brookfield
 Brookfield, CTRochester, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$27,131$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,281$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6654573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Brookfield    1 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

In the 50s and 60s CT was booming. But those ultra far left politicians made big mistakes! CT wasn't planned well. High place corruption began to surface in the 70s.  More

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Reviews for Rochester    79 Reviews

Stay out of the rougher patches, and you'll find a pretty solid city. I live within close proximity to it, and the crime from it DOES rub off on us (auto theft), but  More

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Rochester isn't perfect (I'll detail pros and cons), but it's certainly perfect for me and my husband. We've lived here for 4 years and are getting ready to purchase our  More

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Rochester is a scenic city with so much to offer in terms of things to do and having 4 seasons, except the summer is more like a long spring!! It's a relatively unknown  More

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