2024 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Longmont, CO

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Highlights
- Longmont spends 9.9% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.3% lower in Longmont than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Longmont had 2.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNLongmont, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,702$16,153$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126$12,130$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,869$6,939$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.2117.1116.23
 Students per Librarian9266194573
 Students per Counselor435213530
 Grade School Educ.2.7%3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%4.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.4%91.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%19.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.3%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%44.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.1%12.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.6%2.2%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 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 Longmont    19 Reviews

I lived here for 4 years and it's pretty nice. It gets cold and stays cold for a good 8 months, but other than that I loved it. There are a lot of amenities. It is  More

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Over 5 years ago

I just move from other state to Longmont. In my opinion Longmont is one of the safest city in US which is have a low crime, its great city to raised family .Has a great  More

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Fantastic place to live. Four golf courses, many parks, 10 minutes to the foothills and 40 minutes from the Rockies, the location is hard to beat if you want to be 45  More

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