2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Northfield, MN

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Highlights
- Northfield spends 36.1% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.0% lower in Northfield than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Northfield had 2.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNNorthfield, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,007$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,138$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9104573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.8%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 Northfield    5 Reviews

The city has nothing really to offer but high taxes and bad streets and sidewalks. Winter is really bad as the city sidewalks are barely passable. You usually can not  More

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For a town of 20 thousand, the amount of cars on the road at any given time is absolutely insane. Residents will tell you it's no secret that the drivers here are  More

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I've lived in Northfield for almost 14 years now, owning my own home here the entire time. I'm originally from the Twin Cities, and moved to Northfield after several  More

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