2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Carlsbad, NM

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Highlights
- Carlsbad spends 10.7% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.3% lower in Carlsbad than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carlsbad had 11.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNCarlsbad, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,128$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,994$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12534573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Carlsbad    16 Reviews

I've only been here for a few months, but I can quickly sum up this town as a rundown truck stop, perpetually buffeted by relentless wind, dirt, and hot air. The gas  More

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Over 3 years ago

We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly  More

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Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy  More

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