2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Palm Bay, FL

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Highlights
- Palm Bay spends 27.1% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.1% lower in Palm Bay than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palm Bay had 5.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNPalm Bay, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,715$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,574$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8384573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.2%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 Palm Bay    27 Reviews

I moved to Palm Bay in 2020 and the cost of living has skyrocketed! A two bedroom apartment was around $900/month in 2020. Now it's $1600 and up. Mostly up. A three  More

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My family of 4 have lived here in NW Palm Bay for over 10 years. My wife and my son from another marriage lived here for over 7 before that. I myself have lived here for  More

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I lived in Palm Bay for 12 years. It's a very unfriendly and crowded place to live. It's well into the 90's from late April till right around the 10th of November. The  More

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