2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Broken Arrow, OK

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Highlights
- Broken Arrow spends 25.3% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.4% lower in Broken Arrow than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Broken Arrow had 0.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNBroken Arrow, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,987$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,073$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6584573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Broken Arrow    5 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Broken Arrow is a nice place to live. With 88,000 people it still holds a small town atmosphere. It's affordable (although the state tax is high - 8.5%) and has  More

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Over 19 years ago

I am thinking about moving to the Broken Arrow area. I am looking for someone to help me out by sending me a newspaper, shopping guide or anything they think would be  More

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Housing here in Broken Arrow is relatively cheap if you are looking to buy a house you can usually get a 4 bedroom 2 bath about 2400 square foot home for around $130,000  More

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