2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Neenah, WI

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Highlights
- Neenah spends 5.0% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.3% lower in Neenah than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Neenah had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNNeenah, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,961$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,455$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5464573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Neenah    5 Reviews

This Beautiful place to live! People are friendly, the lake is gorgeous and the schools are wonderful! The cost of living is beliw the national average and the entire  More

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Over 15 years ago

First, the "plusses": Neenah has some of the best schools I've seen, with some of the best teachers. They also have great programs for kids with disabilities at little  More

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Well I have lived in neenah my whole life I was born and raised here and I think its the perfect place for that. However now that I am over the age of 18 i believe i  More

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