2026 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MI vs Mesquite, TX

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Highlights
- Mesquite spends 13.3% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.8% lower in Mesquite than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesquite had 19.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MIMesquite, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,172$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,920$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9714573
 Students per Counselor537  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Rochester    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

The winters are very cold and some snow days can be quite challenging. The summers are great with very little humidty and  More

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Over 17 years ago

Back in the 1970's and early 1980's, Rochester was a nice quiet little town that people lived in to get away from the craziness of other areas in Oakland and Macomb  More

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Reviews for Mesquite    6 Reviews

The City of Mesquite, TX has a big problem with overlooking serious problems involving safety of the roads and drunk drivers. There has been numerous accidents and  More

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Over 12 years ago

Everything is soooo spaced out which I hate the most coming from the Midwest where everything is about 15-20 minutes away. I live in Mesquite which is where people with  More

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Over 17 years ago

Mesquite, TX will not even enforce their own documented travel policies against violators consisting of some former and current (2009) council and staff. Although  More

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