2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Macon, GA

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Highlights
- Macon spends 8.2% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.7% lower in Macon than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Macon had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNUnited States, GA
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%
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 Macon    23 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Macon is great, the thing I like about Macon is it's just an extension of Atlanta, like you wouldn't know the difference. The politics are the same, the people are the  More

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I moved to Macon seven years ago and have found the people to be welcoming, the restaurants wonderful, the downtown vibrant and so many activities to get involved with.   More

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Over 4 years ago

Macon is a perfect example of what Southern whites most feared in the 50-60s when there was the big push to bus blacks in to vote. The expected disaster occurred and is  More

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