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Rochester, MN vs Brainerd, MN

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Highlights
- Brainerd spends 54.4% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.5% lower in Brainerd than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Brainerd had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester

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 Rochester, MNBrainerd, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,702$22,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126$11,945$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,869$7,926$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.2114.8516.23
 Students per Librarian92631944573
 Students per Counselor435669530
 Grade School Educ.2.7%1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%7.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.4%91.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%27.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.3%11.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%16.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.1%3.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.6%0.2%1.5%

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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 4 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 Brainerd    5 Reviews

Research, research, research! Personal reviews don't give you the "whole" story! Whether the opinions are "glowing" or scathing do not base your opinion on them! Some  More

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Over 13 years ago

Small town. Everyone knows everyone else's business. No work. Located in Crow Wing County and has highest unemployment rate in the state. Poor healthcare. Essentia  More

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ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
55901 55904 55902 55906 55905
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56401

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