2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Savage, MN

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Highlights
- Savage spends 14.9% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.8% lower in Savage than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Savage had 1.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNSavage, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,898$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,322$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8334573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%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 Savage    2 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I like this metro area---most of the time. Lived here the last 30 years. I've been to 48 of the US States and to many foreign Countries. Is Minneapolis the best?   More

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We have lived in Savage, MN for 1 1/2 years now. We love how close we are to everything we need. Quick access to freeways and jobs. Drive time is nothing, which means  More

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