2024 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Prescott, AZ

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Highlights
- Prescott spends 32.8% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.3% lower in Prescott than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Prescott had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNPrescott, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,702$9,873$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126$8,836$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,869$4,986$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.2118.5416.23
 Students per Librarian92633674573
 Students per Counselor435869530
 Grade School Educ.2.7%1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%3.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.4%95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%28.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.3%10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%38.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.1%11.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%2.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.6%2.6%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 4 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 Prescott    63 Reviews

Prescott is beautiful. The climate is wonderful (a bit hot in summer). The people are very unfriendly. I am conservative and have lived all over the country. The people  More

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I've lived here for 11 years and love the small town feel, perfect weather and great mountain biking. I am a medical professional in the area and am providing this as I  More

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Over 3 years ago

Yes, there is music here. We have a downtown with a courthouse area and yard where bands and singers perform. Also restaurants/saloons in Whiskey Row. The weather is  More

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