2025 Compare Cities Education:
Elko, NV vs Rochester, MN

Change Cities
Highlights
- Rochester spends 11.0% more per student than Elko.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.3% higher in Rochester than in Elko. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 11.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Elko
 Elko, NVRochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,499  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor587  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

   |    Reply

Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

   |    Reply

Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of Elko

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

   |    Reply

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

   |    Reply

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

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of Rochester


Premium Subscription
Includes Cost of Living compares for child care, utilities, transportation, health, taxes, housing for home owners vs renters, weather, insurance premiums and so much more.


The premier source for comprehensive city data for over 30 years.

© Best Places. All rights reserved.