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Rochester, MN vs Rochester, MI

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 3.3% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.8% lower in Rochester than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 4.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNRochester, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,188$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%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 Rochester    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

The winters are very cold and some snow days can be quite challenging. The summers are great with very little humidty and  More

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Over 16 years ago

Back in the 1970's and early 1980's, Rochester was a nice quiet little town that people lived in to get away from the craziness of other areas in Oakland and Macomb  More

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