2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Carrollton, TX

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Highlights
- Carrollton spends 9.4% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.8% lower in Carrollton than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carrollton had 6.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNCarrollton, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,080$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,983$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10184573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Carrollton    16 Reviews

Love Carrollton, Texas. When I compare my city to any other city where my friends live Carrollton always comes out ahead in every area. I especially like to compare  More

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CHERYL · 

As a former resident of Carrollton, I can say that this city has become corrupted. I would not advise anyone to move here. The people are disrespectful, rude, and will  More

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I have lived in Carrollton, Texas since 1999 (21 years). This is the most convenient, safe and reasonable priced housing area. Public transportation is available but  More

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