2024 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Dayton, OH

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Highlights
- Dayton spends 11.8% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.7% lower in Dayton than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dayton had 9.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNDayton, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,702$16,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126$13,613$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,869$8,075$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.2117.4516.23
 Students per Librarian92610254573
 Students per Counselor435446530
 Grade School Educ.2.7%3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%11.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.4%85.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%26.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.3%9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%18.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.1%5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.6%0.6%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 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 Dayton    32 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I've lived in Dayton Ohio for over 7 years. I live in a historic district within a short walk to Oregon district and down town. The summer concert series at Levitt  More

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Over 6 years ago

Spent years assigned at WPAFB (in Mar 90 - Aug 95') and lived in Oakwood for 5 years. We loved it and have nothing negative to say. Locals were friendly and interested  More

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I spent four and a half miserable years here. Essentially, your only employment opportunities are in healthcare or at the base. I worked at the base; they were  More

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