2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Memphis, TN

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Highlights
- Memphis spends 16.8% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.0% lower in Memphis than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Memphis had 8.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNMemphis, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,225$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,030$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9584573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Memphis    148 Reviews

I was mugged my very first night in Memphis. They tried to take my iPhone. I was walking only a block from my house in a "safe" area, too.  More

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Memphis is a city with a history of civil rights, slavery , blues and rockn'roll music. It's a great place for a weekend getaway. This city has lots of great things to  More

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Over 5 years ago

Do you like being panhandled every 30 seconds? Love that cool ambiance of gangs? Are drugs your thing? Then you will love Memphis. Had good times here in the 90’s, the  More

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