2025 Compare Cities Education:
Post Falls, ID vs Rochester, NY

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 208.2% more per student than Post Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.8% lower in Rochester than in Post Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 11.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Post Falls
 Post Falls, IDRochester, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$27,131$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,177  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,281$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6654573
 Students per Counselor402  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Post Falls    6 Reviews

In moving here I knew about the snow. Not a matter of if but how much. What I didn't know was how windy it gets and how often. I also didn't know about the dust. It's  More

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Over 6 years ago

Moved here from Seattle in 2018. Even though the population is under 40,000 it doesn't feel like small town Mayberry. The biggest mistake I see happening is the building  More

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Post Falls had great potential; too bad the city planning committee blew it! It's such a disorganized bunch of housing communities built just what looks like where ever  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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