2026 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MI vs Santa Rosa, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Rosa spends 10.9% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.3% higher in Santa Rosa than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Rosa had 13.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MISanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock142404573
 Students per Counselor537  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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