2025 Compare Cities Education:
Colchester, VT vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 34.8% less per student than Colchester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 60.7% higher in Rochester than in Colchester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 1.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Colchester
 Colchester, VTRochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,332  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor230  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Colchester    2 Reviews

Colchester is a very nice and picturesque town. Taxes however are high and housing costs if you want to own your own place may be prohibitive in light of the cost of  More

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This community called Colchester, immediately north of (and part of the greater community of) Burlington Vermont, is a wonderful three season recreational  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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