2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Ringgold, GA

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Highlights
- Ringgold spends 16.5% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.8% lower in Ringgold than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ringgold had 6.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNRinggold, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,274$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,230$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6434573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Ringgold    1 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Since Ringgold was hit by an F-3 tornado this spring (2011) things just haven't been real good. Many places have yet to even begin rebuilding and there are no motels  More

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