2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Gig Harbor, WA

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Highlights
- Gig Harbor spends 24.9% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.6% lower in Gig Harbor than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gig Harbor had 1.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNGig Harbor, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,363$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,966$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11394573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.7%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 Gig Harbor    18 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Moved from Chicago and never regretted it for a moment. Live out in the country, Key Peninsula, and love the country lifestyle. Surrounded by beauty and never have grown  More

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Over 6 years ago

Beautiful city to  More

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Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived here for five months. I’m 66 years old and this has been the nicest summer of my entire life. It’s been beautiful every single day. I live out on key  More

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