2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Brookfield, WI

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Highlights
- Brookfield spends 0.6% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.3% lower in Brookfield than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Brookfield had 3.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNBrookfield, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,793$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,325$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7264573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.2%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 Brookfield    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Overall I believe field is a great place to live and raise a family. Milwaukee certainly has its share of problems like any large metropolitan area. Overall I believe  More

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Over 14 years ago

I love Brookfield for the most part. The Elmbrook school district is amazing and test scores are always above average level. The one downfall of the city is that there  More

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About turn 35, and have lived in Brookfield for 9 years. Brookfield is broken into two parts, city and village, both are very safe- especially when compared to  More

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