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Rochester, MN vs Antioch, IL

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Highlights
- Antioch spends 66.2% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.9% lower in Antioch than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Antioch had 1.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNAntioch, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,440$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,628$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10054573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
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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Reviews for Antioch    3 Reviews

I've lived here since the population was 6,100. Now it's around 13,000 in town. Very small town. Generations, mostly white republicans are rooted here 2-3 families deep.  More

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I've lived here since the population was 6,100. Now it's around 13,000 in town. Very small town. Generations, mostly white republicans are rooted here 2-3 families deep.  More

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Over 18 years ago

This community is half between Chicago and Milwaukee along the Illinois-Wisconsin border. It is a small but growing community considered part of the greater Chicagoland  More

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