2026 Compare Cities Education:
LaCrosse, WA vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 27.9% less per student than LaCrosse.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.5% higher in Rochester than in LaCrosse. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to LaCrosse
 LaCrosse, WARochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,872  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor262  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Lacrosse    2 Reviews

I am a resident of this town and there are 2 catagories of people here. Been here's and come here's, If you're a come here you are on your own. Every time this town  More

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Over 18 years ago

Your site claims the median home cost in LaCrosse is $265,000. You obviously have never been to LaCrosse. There is not a home in this town that is valued above  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 6 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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