2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Monroe, NC

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Highlights
- Monroe spends 28.7% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.3% lower in Monroe than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Monroe had 13.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNMonroe, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,477$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,753$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7824573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 Monroe    5 Reviews

Moved to Monroe approx 6 years ago. It has been one excuse after the other for the high incidence of assault and battery as well as property crime. The mayor and city  More

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I have lived in Monroe since 2015. I have been welcomed by my neighbors and the community. Monroe is rapidly growning. The downtown area is family friendly and has added  More

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I’m so glad to be moving away from this little Charlotte wanna be Town run by rednecks! I’ve been here for 15 years and have been stopped by Sheriff’s about 8 times!  More

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