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Rochester, MN vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Scottsdale spends 28.1% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.7% lower in Scottsdale than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scottsdale had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester

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 Rochester, MNScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,702$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,869$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.2118.2416.23
 Students per Librarian92623484573
 Students per Counselor435718530
 Grade School Educ.2.7%1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%1.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.4%97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%18.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.3%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%60.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.1%16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%5.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.6%2.9%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 Scottsdale    83 Reviews

My son went to ASU in '99 which is how we ended up here from Northern Illinois. Over the years we came out for vacations and bought a second home until we finally made  More

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I lived in San Jose for 30 years...in the late '50s. I walked thru cherry orchards to school. After college classes, I drove 20 minutes to the beach. San Francisco was  More

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Pros: Livable weather 7 months a year, (Oct. 15-May 15), ample restaurants (though $$$$), resorts to stroll, if you golf, you'll be in heaven. Broad, tidy streets with  More

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ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
55901 55904 55902 55906 55905
ZIPS IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
85251 85255 85260 85257 85258 85259 85250 85266 85262

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