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Rochester, MN vs Rockford, IL

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Highlights
- Rockford spends 11.5% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.3% lower in Rockford than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rockford had 10.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester

Education
 Rochester, MNRockford, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,702$16,393$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126$15,358$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,869$9,283$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.2115.916.23
 Students per Librarian9267954573
 Students per Counselor435524530
 Grade School Educ.2.7%6.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%9.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.4%84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%23.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.3%8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%22.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.1%5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.6%0.6%1.5%

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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 Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 5 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
55901 55904 55902 55906 55905
ZIPS IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
61109 61103 61104

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