2025 Compare Cities Education:
Florence, OR vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 0.9% more per student than Florence.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.7% higher in Rochester than in Florence. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 4.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Florence
 Florence, ORRochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,107  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Florence    13 Reviews

I'd like to retire to Florence from Southern California. San Diego is too crowded with dirty water from Mexico. It's also too expensive in coastal California and even  More

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I have concerns about the bear and cougar sitings Has anyone actually been attacked or killed? Should that stop me from moving to  More

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Over 8 years ago

We vacationed here every year for 15 years. Finally we bought a home within walking distance to the ocean three months ago. We love it. There is rain and fog, but the  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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