2026 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Mexico, MO

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Highlights
- Mexico spends 21.3% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.0% lower in Mexico than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mexico had 9.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNMexico, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,568$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,672$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7704573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%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 6 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 Mexico    3 Reviews

We moved here in October 2020 from Lehigh Acres, Florida. We wanted somewhere with all 4 seasons instead of hot weather 7-8 months out of the year and cooler weather  More

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Unfortunately, some views of Mexico, Missouri are focused on the past and so those people will stay living in the past, as the rest of us move forward. As to the  More

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Mexico Missouri use to be a very nice little community with activities and many businesses on the square. That was twenty five years ago. Now it is a ghost town of what  More

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