2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs DeKalb, IL

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Highlights
- DeKalb spends 15.4% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.9% lower in DeKalb than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- DeKalb had 4.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNDeKalb, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,963$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,982$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23794573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%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.  Unlock11.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%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 Dekalb    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

While I love the cheaper rents then in the closer suburbs (to Chicago), the lack of high paying jobs for anyone without high degrees (Masters or higher) is  More

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As a 37 year resident of DeKalb - an escapee of the Chicago suburbs, I am pleased to write a bit about my hometown. Originally a college town in a farming community,  More

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