2026 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Mountain View, CA

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Highlights
- Mountain View spends 25.2% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.8% higher in Mountain View than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mountain View had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNMountain View, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock9.3%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 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 Mountain View    15 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

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I've lived here 25 years. Perfect climate. Very central for employment opportunities. Really great schools. 45 min to San Fran, 45 min to Santa Cruz beach. Shoreline  More

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Over 16 years ago

I was born and raised in Mountain View. I used to really like this city, and California. Unfortunately, the city (along with the state) has been over run with high  More

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